Palace expects NBI to probe fake Marcos medical report

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at the Malacanang Palace, November 11, 2024. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool

MANILA — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is expected to look into individuals who deliberately shared a fake medical record supposedly detailing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s health condition, Malacañang said on Thursday.

The Palace issued the statement a day after an alleged leaked copy of the President’s medical report — claiming that the Chief Executive may need surgery to address his diverticulitis — went viral on social media.

“Dapat lang tingnan ito, dahil hindi na po biro ang biruin ang kondisyon, kalusugan ng Pangulo. Kaya po ang NBI alam po natin na mabilis umaksyon ang NBI para maimbestigahan, kung sino po ang nasa likod nito,” Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said. 

“Hindi kailangang idulog, mabilis ang NBI umaksyon, alam naman nila kung ano ang nangyayari sa gobyerno natin at sa ating kapaligiran so even without an order coming from the President, the NBI is mandated to investigate this matter,” she said in a press briefing. 

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The Palace has repeatedly asserted that the President is in good condition and continues to work, denying the supposed medical report’s claim that Marcos may be suffering from fatty liver and osteoporosis.

“Hindi po nagbabakasyon ang Pangulo. Kahit na kailangan niya mamahinga, nandoon pa din po, nagbabasa pa rin ng mga briefer,” Castro said.

“Lahat po ng ginagawa ng Pangulo ngayon ay engagement, activities. Walang naipapakita ang Pangulo na hindi siya nagpapatuloy na magtrabaho,” she added.

St. Luke’s Medical Center — the private hospital where Marcos Jr. was brought last week — affirmed Malacañang’s statement that the medical report that circulated online was fake.