House told: Faeldon to rest till Monday

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon (right) addresses questions from the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee during the hearing on the P6.4-billion worth of smuggled shabu from China on Monday, July 31, 2017. (FILE PHOTO by GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon needs to rest until Monday, even as he is set to be released from hospital on Thursday after complaining of chest pains.

Faeldon’s physician relayed this information to House of Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms Ronald Detabali, who was tasked by the ways and means committee to visit the Customs chief in hospital.

Three House doctors joined Detabali during the visit to Manila East Medical Center in Taytay, Rizal, at 10 a.m. on Thursday.

“Faeldon could be discharged from [the] hospital today, but should rest [as] per physician [order] until Monday,” he said in a text message. “Per doc, he had chest pains, high BP (blood pressure), etc. but is now very stable.”—VINCE F. NONATO