DHAKA: Flamboyant former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is in ‘stable condition’ and set to be discharged soon after being hospitalised for severe fatigue.

An Imelda aide said on Monday, reports gulfnews.com.

The 84-year-old, who gained worldwide fame for her massive shoe collection, was taken to hospital on Sunday after feeling ill following a long road trip from her northern home town.

‘There is nothing to worry about. She is in stable condition and was just asked by doctors to rest,’ Marcos’s chief of staff, Filadelfo Diaz said.

Marcos, now a congresswoman representing northern Luzon, was hospitalised due to spiked blood sugar, not due to stroke, a hospital source said.

Marcos, 84, was confined at St Luke’s Medical Centre in Metro Manila’s southern suburban Taguig on Saturday night after her blood sugar was elevated following a 15-hour trip from Ilocos Norte.

Stroke was ruled out, Marilen Lagniton, the hospital’s marketing head and vice-president for patient experience, said on TV.

The data came from Dr Joven Cuanang, Marcos’ doctor and also head of St’ Luke’s neurology department, said Lagniton.

At the House of Representatives, Imelda represents Ilocos Norte, the base of her late husband, former president Ferdinand Marcos.

He was elected in 1965, declared a Martial Law rule in 1972, and stayed in power until his ouster by a people-backed military mutiny in 1986.

When her husband was in power, she was ambassador at large and headed government agencies.

BDST: 1945 HRS, NOV 04, 2013
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