DISMISSED Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara was taken to a hospital in Pasay City on Monday after complaining of chest discomfort, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca confirmed on Wednesday.
Aplasca said Alcantara, one of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials linked to the flood control project controversy, was brought to Pasay Medical Center for an electrocardiogram (ECG) and other medical tests.
“It was ruled only as muscle spasm,” Aplasca said, adding that Alcantara’s condition was not serious.
He noted that Alcantara was brought back to the Senate on the same day and has since been in normal condition.
“The Senate medical team conducts daily checkups on all our detainees to monitor their health status,” Aplasca added.
Last September 18, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee cited Alcantara in contempt for allegedly lying about his involvement in ghost flood control projects in Bulacan.
Alcantara, along with fellow dismissed engineers Brice Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza, had earlier requested house arrest, but Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said the committee has yet to decide on the plea.