Tag: muscle spasms

Palace: No need to issue medical bulletin on President’s back pain; Duterte transparent about his health

(Eagle News)–The Palace sees no need to issue a  bulletin on President Rodrigo Duterte’s back pain. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in the first place, the President has been transparent to the public about his health. Senator Bong Go, Duterte’s former longterm aide, said there was nothing to worry about as the chief executive’s back pain was merely due to muscle spasms. He said Duterte was only told by his doctors to rest, and was […]

Palace: President Duterte feeling “much better”

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is feeling “much better,” and only needs to rest and take some medication, the Palace said. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, doctors have already ruled out any surgical procedure to address his back pain, which they concluded was   due to muscle spasms after he underwent a magnetic resonance imaging procedure. “As the public already knows, the Chief Executive suffered from a motorcycle accident several years ago, and from another minor […]

Go: Duterte back pain only due to “muscle spasms”

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s back pain was merely due to “muscle spasms,” Senator Bong Go said on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Go, who worked for the President for a long time until he was elected, said this was according to the President’s long-time neurosurgeons, whom Duterte consulted after going to former Senate President Nene Pimentel’s wake on Tuesday night. Go said the President had  a magnetic resonance imaging done “….at wala naman pong nakitang dapat ikabahala.” […]