Arroyo undergoes 3rd surgery for pinched nerve
Former President and incumbent Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo underwent a third surgery on Wednesday to correct a pinched nerve on her spine, the spokesperson of the hospital where the lawmaker is confined said. Marilen Lagniton, communications director of St. Lukeâs Medical Center in Taguig City, announced that Mrs. Arroyoâs surgery pushed through after the former Presidentâs temperature normalized, a report over GMA News TVâs âBalitanghali" said. The operation was postponed last Monday after Mrs. Arroyo developed a fever, which her doctors said may have been caused by infections. A medical bulletin on the results of the operation will be released by Mrs. Arroyoâs physicians on Thursday, the report added. Mrs. Arroyo underwent cervical spine surgery last July 29 at the same hospital where titanium implants and bone substitute were used to rebuild her spine.