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+ July 30, 2021 HIGH-PROFILE inmate Vicente Sy, who was convicted of illegal drug charges, died on Thursday, July 29, 2021, Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) spokesperson Gabby Chaclag confirmed.
Sy, who was detained at the Philippine Marine Corps, a BuCor extension facility, suffered cardiac arrest at around 8 p.m. on July 29.
Two days earlier, on July 27, Sy was rushed to the Philippine Marine Naval Hospital due to breathing difficulty.
He was given oral medication and brought back to his detention cell per advice of his attending physician.
On July 29, doctors from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) checked on Sy and said he suffered from stroke, which prompted his confinement at the NBP Hospital in Muntinlupa.
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