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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo (2nd R) accompanies her husband Mike Arroyo (2nd L) who is being
carried on a stretcher into an ambulance at the Kansai International
Airport near Osaka, western Japan November 22, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters
Photo)
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MANILA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Philippine president's
husband is already out of critical condition after he experienced stomach cramps
Friday night on board the presidential charter flight, which made an emergency
stop-over in Japan, Philippine media reported Saturday.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Mr. Arroyo
had a "intense stomach pain", when he was flying with President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo and top government officials on a chartered Philippine Airline
plane to Peru for the APEC leader's meeting.
Mr. Arroyo returned to Manila Saturday afternoon
after doctors in Japan gave him clearance for flying after confirming that the
62-year-old First Gentleman was in stable condition and out of immediate danger.
Mr. Arroyo was rushed to St. Luke's Medical Center in
the Philippine capital for further treatment upon his arrival at the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport.
A government statement released at predawn Saturday
and relayed by local media said Mr. Arroyo suffered from "stomach cramps and
back pains." It said doctors on board the chartered plane decided on an
emergency landing because Mr. Arroyo exhibited the same symptoms as before he
underwent a heart surgery in 2007.
Mr. Arroyo's cardiologist, Dr. Antonio Sibulo earlier
told local TV channel ANC that though in stable condition Mr. Arroyo is clearly
at risk for the next five years. "The possibility [of recurrence of heart
attack] is still very high," he said.
President Arroyo and most of the accompanying
officials pushed forward their Lima trip Saturday morning after learning that
the First Gentleman is in stable condition.
Arroyo leaves Osaka, husband receiving
treatment
TOKYO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo left Saturday for Los Angeles from Osaka, where her chartered
flight made an emergency landing shortly after midnight Friday when her husband
Jose Miguel Arroyo fell ill.
Her 62-year-old husband apparently suffered a heart attack
during the flight from Manila, which had been heading for Los Angeles, and was
taken to the Osaka Prefecture-run Senshu Critical Care Medical Center in
Izumisano. Full story
Plane with Philippine president on
board makes emergency landing
MANILA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's plane
has made an emergency landing in Japan because her husband suffered a heart
attack, local media quoted Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita as saying on
Friday night.
In a radio interview, Ermita said First Gentleman Jose
Miguel Arroyo had been ill on a chartered Philippine Airlines flight with the
president. Full story
