Former Senator Leila de Lima has returned to her police detention cell after a five-day stay at the hospital.

In a Facebook post, De Lima passed the medical tests which she said indicated no sign of heart attack or distress. The former senator said she feels “fine,” but still experiences chest pain.

She was taken to the PNP general hospital last October 10 after being taken hostage by an inmate trying to escape jail last Sunday. She has been detained at the PNP custodial center since 2017 pending a trial on drug cases.

“I’m now back at the PNP Custodial Center, after spending 5 days of confinement for monitoring and medical tests,” she wrote on Facebook.

“While I’m still experiencing chest pains (in lesser scale compared to the 1st 4 days), I’m fine, medically, psychologically and emotionally. The various tests – Chest XRay, ECG, 2D Echo, Stress test, blood tests – yielded normal results, i.e., no signs of heart attack or distress,” she said.

She expressed gratitude to the Lord for her health.

“God is so good! Muli, taos pusong pasasalamat sa pag-aalala at malasakit sa akin at mga panalangin,” she said.

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