Philippines’ Duterte cuts short Japan trip in ‘unbearable pain’ | Malay Mail

📆 10/22/2019 1:46 PM
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MANILA, Oct 22 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, suffering from “unbearable pain” in his spine after a motorcycle accident, is cutting short a trip to Japan, his spokesman said today. The 74-year-old hurt his hip in the crash last week, with his health already the subject of intense...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrives to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo October 22, 2019. — AFP pic

A statement from the leader’s spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte would leave Japan sooner than planned, having attended the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito. The leader fell off his vehicle just 10 days after he publicly revealed that he has myasthenia gravis, a condition that could potentially have serious complications.

According to Duterte, his doctor made him stop using fentanyl on learning he was “abusing the drug” by using more than the prescribed patches. The Filipino leader attended Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony earlier today using a cane to help him walk, he added.

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