11.16.2006

Senator Ramon Revilla Sick?


Before it was Rudy Fernandez. Now another former action star and a senator was suddenly hospitalized after a minor surgery was performed to remove lumps found in his chest.


Senator Revilla was rushed to the hospital.

SENATOR Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. was rushed to the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Muntinlupa City on Thursday afternoon for extreme vomiting shortly after he was discharged following minor surgery for removal of lumps on his chest and forehead, his wife Lani Mercado told INQ7.net in a phone interview.

Mercado said her husband had an outpatient procedure this morning.

“When he came home, he ate his lunch because he did not have anything since midnight last night. Then he started vomiting. Sobrang hilo sya. Nakiramdam sya [He was nauseous. He tried to gauge what he was feeling]. So we rushed him to Asian Hospital,” she said.

The hospital is the same one where former senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan has been admitted for treatment of foot injuries he sustained while trying to evade arrest early Wednesday morning.

Asked what the reason for the vomiting and nausea was, Mercado said: “Baka nabigla lang daw kasi kumain sya agad. His anesthesiologist said hinay-hinay lang daw dapat [His system may have been overwhelmed because he ate right away. He should have taken it easy].”

Revilla just came home from the United States last week, where he sought a second opinion on a scar on his lumbars 3 and 4 that had been causing pain in his legs, his wife said.

“He was asked to stop all strenuous physical activity like exercise and badminton...This is separate from the operation this morning,” she said.

Mercado said her husband's condition has stabilized.





For Bong Revilla's biography, click here.


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