You’re pushing the envelope pretty darn far, doc.
“In a medical certificate dated Nov. 14, 2013 but released to media only yesterday, Dr. Antonio Sison of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC)’s Department of Orthopedics said the diagnosis on Pampanga Rep. Glroia Macapagal-Arroyo is ‘Cervical Spondylotic Radiculophathy, Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease and Post Cervical Spine Decompression with Instrumentation,'” reports Michael Punongbayan in The Philippine Star.
Sison, a spine surgeon, said a repeat Magnetic Resonance Imaging test done on Arroyo “showed a multilevel lumbar spine stenosis with nerve root compression.” What does that exactly mean? Sison explained, “These findings correlate with her symptoms of continued cervical and lumbar pain, with further deterioration of her poor physical health.”
Sison also added: “In my opinion, one mode worth trying to reverse the ongoing deterioration of her health is to release her from detention even on temporary liberty so that her body can rally the protective forces only her mind can command to combat the negative forces that are making her sicker day by day.”
Arroyo is under hospital detention because plunder case has been filed against her for alleged involvement in the misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) fund when she was still the country’s president.
