Kris Aquino now out of hospital after accident

Actress and television host Kris Aquino has been discharged from a Makati hospital where she was confined over the weekend after suffering a fall in her Taguig residence last Friday. In a text message to GMA News, Aquino said she is already home and was advised by her physician to rest until Wednesday. Aquino, the youngest daughter of the late President Corazon Aquino and slain Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., slipped and fell while taking a shower in her condominium unit in Taguig City at about 1:30 a.m. last Friday.

"I took a bad fall, landed on my head early Friday morning," Aquino said in the text message that was shown in a report aired over GMA News' "24 Oras." She was brought to Makati Medical Center for treatment. Aquino said she underwent CT scan and was found to have cerebral and inner ear concussion. "[I] went to the [emergency room], had CT scan. [The doctor found] cerebral and inner ear concussion," she said. Aquino said her blood pressure shot up to 180/100 but is now stable at 110/80. - Aie Balagtas See/KBK, GMANews.TV