Erap's condition steadily improving, Jinggoy says
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 2:32 p.m.) — Former President Joseph Estrada, who has been hospitalized for COVID-19, has been weaned off ventilator support on Friday, his son former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said.
“We are extremely happy to announce that my father has now been removed from ventilator support although he continues to require high flow oxygenation,” Jinggoy said in the medical bulletin he posted, as of 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
The former president was put on a mechanical ventilator on April 6 as his pneumonia worsened.
“While we thank his doctors for their excellent care, we give all the credit to Our Lord Almighty and enjoin everyone to continue praying for my father,” he added.
In an earlier update on his father’s condition, Jinggoy said his father “seems to be responding well to treatment as his condition has steadily improved,” He added that his father’s other organ functions are stable.
Jinggoy however said there is still “long way to go before he (Estrada) is completely out of danger and we hope that he continues to fight with his usual tenacity as only Erap cap.”
The family rushed Estrada, who is turning 84 on April 19, to the hospital on March 28. — Kristine Joy Patag with reports from Xave Gregorio
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