A doctor attending to alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles told a Makati court she can be discharged by Thursday, May 29. Confined at the Makati Hospital for two months now to remove a mass in her uterus, attending doctor and ob-gyn Florentina Villanueva said Napoles has been “responding to the medications” and that in a few days’ time, can already be discharged. Originally set to leave the hospital by Friday, May 23, following a May 20 court order, Napoles asked for an extension of her stay due to “excessive vaginal bleeding.” This prompted her doctors to withdraw on May 21 their earlier discharge order. Judge Elmo Alameda ordered Napoles’ doctors to submit a progress report on her medical condition by Monday, May 26. She is expected to submit this week a signed affidavit on pork barrel scam transactions.
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