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(Eagle News) – Senator Leila de Lima on Monday underwent a CT scan of the liver at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. This was after CT-can results of a routine and periodic medical examination at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital showed an impression of a “liver mass.” “As prescribed by my doctor, the said test is necessary to determine if the liver mass is benign or malignant,” De Lima said in […]
(Agence France Presse) — A Filipino boxer who was involved in a recent scandal over faked brain scans has died after a sparring session, sports officials said Tuesday. Jeffrey Claro fell into a coma and later died after being knocked down in the second round of his match on Friday, said Dioscoro Bautista, head of the boxing division of the Games and Amusements Board. The board is looking into the incident. Some 150 Filipino boxers, […]
A total of 150 professional boxers have been banned for falsifying brain scan results aimed at detecting serious head injuries in the sport, the Games and Amusements Board said on Tuesday. The board found 150 boxers had submitted “fake” CT scan results this year, apparently because they could not afford an actual test, GAB medical officer Radentor Viernes told AFP. GAB chairman Abraham Kahlil Mitra said many success-starved Filipino fighters were earning puny prizes and could […]
