Napoles allowed to seek checkup outside the Fort

Janet-Lim Napoles inside her cell in Fort Sto. Domingo CONTRIBUTED FILE PHOTO/PNP/PIO

MANILA, Philippines—The Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 150 on Monday allowed pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles to undergo medical check-up outside Fort Sto. Domingo in Laguna.

Judge Elmo Alameda, however, turned down Napoles’ bid to have her check-up held at St. Luke’s Medical Center at Global City in Taguig.

Instead, the Makati Court allowed Napoles to undergo medical examination at the hospital inside Camp Crame.

Napoles’ camp sought the lower court’s permission to undergo transvaginal ultrasound after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

The court issued the ruling after Senior Inspector Michael Angelo Luna, attending physician assigned in Fort Sto. Domingo, testified that the hospital in Camp Crame has enough facilities to perform the required medical procedure.