Alice Guo has possible lung infection — BJMP

Medical findings have shown that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo is suspected to be suffering from lung infection, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Monday.

“Kaya lang po doon sa medical na ibinigay ng [Philippine National Police], sa X-ray ay findings po na possible lung infection,” BJMP spokesperson Jail Superintendent Jayrex Joseph Bustinera told Super Radyo dzBB in an interview.

(But in the medical exam conducted by the Philippine National Police, in the X-ray, there are findings of possible lung infection.)

Due to this, Guo will stay in a cell where three inmates suffering from tuberculosis are isolated.

“Ngayon po ang available lang po kasing selda doon ay may naka-isolate din na TB patient so doon po muna siya,” Bustinera said.

(Right now, the only cell available is for isolated TB patients so she will stay there for the meantime.)

“Sabi naman po ng doctor namin almost one month nang naggagamutan yung mga naka-isolate doon sa TB kaya doon po muna siya ihahalo para to protect din yung general population,” he added.

(Our doctor said that those isolated there have been receiving treatment for TB for almost one month, so she will be mixed there for now so that the general population will be protected also.)

In an ambush interview, Bustinera said Guo will undergo a sputum test to confirm the tuberculosis infection.

“Sa ngayong araw po, ongoing na po, kinukuha na yung kanyang sputum collection o laway para ipa-check na sa laboratory at kung malaman natin na negative ay ihalo siya sa general population,” he said.

(As of today, it is ongoing, her sputum collection or saliva is being taken to be checked in the laboratory and if we find out that it is negative, she will be mixed with the general population.)

Initially, Guo was set to be transferred to a detention facility with 44 inmates in the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory.

From the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City, Guo was transferred to the Pasig City Jail at  9:14 a.m. Monday. Her convoy exited the detention facility in Camp Crame at 8:49 a.m.

Due to security concerns, Guo's camp hoped that she would remain in the custody of the PNP.

Guo's transfer was ordered by the Pasig City Regional Trial Court-Branch 167, which is hearing her non-bailable case of qualified human trafficking. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News