Marcos is ‘healthy’: Palace denies another hospitalization rumor

Malacañang on Saturday belied rumors that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has been rushed to a hospital.

“He is well, healthy, and working even on a Saturday,” said Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro amid fresh claims circulating online that Marcos was brought to St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City.

“The President was in a private meeting with PMS (Presidential Management Staff) this morning,” Castro also said.

Castro did not give further details.

Claims about Marcos’ health have been circulating on social media after he was diagnosed with diverticulitis, which had temporarily affected some of his presidential duties.

Diverticulitis is the inflammation caused by bacteria accumulating in the wall of the colon and in small pouches called diverticula.

The President had earlier assured that he’s already okay after doctors placed him under medical observation for his illness.

Malacañang had also stressed earlier that a supposed medical document on Marcos’ health being circulated online was fake. 

St. Luke’s Medical Center had likewise dismissed the document as fake and falsified.

The Palace had urged the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the people who initiated the spread of the fake document. —VAL, GMA Integrated News