WATCH: Martin Romualdez transfer to PGH
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Former House speaker and incumbent Leyte 1st District Representative Martin Romualdez is set to be transferred from a hospital in San Juan City to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila on Saturday.
Ambulances and transport vehicles of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) arrived at Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City before 7 a.m., according to GMA News reporter Gabriel Gonzales.
The Sandiganbayan Third Division ordered the PGH on Friday to examine Romualdez and verify the findings of his doctors from Cardinal Santos Medical Center, where he has been confined since Monday.
Romualdez will be transferred and confined in state-run PGH starting Saturday, September 12, until further orders from the court.
Romualdez and his three other co-accused are facing a P7.4-billion plunder charge over alleged links to flood control scam.
The warrant of arrest was served on the former speaker on Monday at Cardinal Santos Medical Center.
The anti-graft court said Romualdez’s transfer to PGH should be via an ambulance equipped to treat his heart, brain, and other ailments.
“Accordingly, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), with the assistance of the PNP and the Office of the Judiciary Marshals, is ordered to coordinate with and bring accused Romualdez to UP-PGH, using an ambulance with the required medical equipment, for the conduct of his medical examination on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 in the morning,” the order read.
It also directed the director of PGH to report the results on Monday, September 14 at 8:30 a.m. —KG, GMA News
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