Sen. Leila de Lima
She was escorted by police from her detention facility at Camp Crame in Quezon City to the hospital after two Muntinlupa courts issued orders on April 23 allowing her to have a three-day medical furlough.
De Lima filed a very urgent motion for medical furlough on April 23 after she complained of bouts of headaches and persistent generalized weakness.
Her on-call physician, Dr. Meophilia G. Santos-Cao, examined her on April 21.
“The examination by Dr. Santos-Cao left an impression that Accused De Lima experienced a Transient Ischemic Attack (mild stroke), hence the urgent and extremely important need to rule out a cerebrovascular accident,” according to the motion. A cerebrovascular accident, or CVA, is another term for stroke.