Former President Rodrigo Duterte. (File photograph from Malacañang)

MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken to a hospital after slipping on the ground of a room in his home in Davao Metropolis, however he was pronounced in good well being, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go mentioned on Saturday.

“It was an accident. He slipped in a room of his home. So Sen. Bong Go accompanied him [to the hospital] for a checkup,” Go’s workplace mentioned in a Fb put up,” in keeping with a put up in Filipino on the Go’s Fb account.

“Based on Sen. Bong Go, he was grateful to God that there have been no issues and that Tatay Digong [Father Digong, as his supporters call him] was in good situation after having an x-ray.”

In 2021, there was hypothesis that Duterte’s well being was deteriorating after a short absence from the general public eye, however his spokesperson then, Harry Roque, confused that the chief govt was wholesome.