Sandiganbayan directs CIDG to bring Marcoleta to PGH for health check

The Sandiganbayan has ordered the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and officers of the PNP General Hospital to bring Sen. Rodante Marcoleta to the Philippine General Hospital on Tuesday.

In an order issued on Monday, the anti-graft court's Third Division instructed the police to bring Marcoleta to the PGH at 12 p.m. on Tuesday for a medical examination.

Doctors were then instructed to appear before the court at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday to present the results of the examination.

The police were told to return Marcoleta to the PNP hospital after the medical examination at the PGH, and present him before the court on Wednesday.

They were also instructed to submit a report to the court regarding their compliance within three days.

The PNPGH on Monday said that Marcoleta is fit to travel once he completes his antibiotic for mild pneumonia.

In a report by Mark Makalalad on Super Radyo dzBB, PNPGH Internal Medicine chief Police Lt. Col. Benaly Bayani said that Marcoleta is expected to finish his antibiotic intake on Wednesday, July 15.

Marcoleta is in detention for a P75-million plunder case over his undeclared campaign donations. Two days after his arrest, the PNPGH diagnosed Marcoleta with mild pneumonia and degenerative disc disease.

He is now in stable condition, and his blood pressure is controlled at 130/90.

However, despite Marcoleta being fit for travel, Bayani said she could not yet specify the exact time or day he would be transferred to a detention facility.

According to Bayani, the PNPGH has submitted an updated medical report on Marcoleta’s health to the Sandiganbayan. –NB, GMA News