Gov. Eloy S. Inos disclosed last night that his prolonged confinement at the Commonwealth Health Center was due to the flu and the round-the-clock antibiotic treatment he needed to go through.<\/p>\n
The good news is that he will be released from the hospital today and he himself said he\u2019s raring to return to the campaign trail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had the flu so I was sent to the hospital to make sure I\u2019m in good shape because I just came back from the Philippines. They had to do a series of antibiotics and the way it\u2019s administrated is intravenously and in six-hour intervals,\u201d he told Saipan Tribune last night in a phone interview.<\/p>\n
Inos said that because of the nature of the treatment, his physician, Dr. Sharleen Osmond, and family agreed that it was better for him to be confined at the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t be going home, coming back, and [going] home again. So we decided it\u2019s more private and I could take a rest here at the hospital. I will take my last dosage of antibiotics and tomorrow I will be heading home, according to my doctor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The NMI Republican Party standard bearer, who is running with Senate President Ralph DLG. Torres (R-Saipan) in the Nov. 21 runoff, said he can\u2019t wait to return to work and out in the campaign trail again.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow I will be out and I will hit the campaign trail again. I\u2019m much better and I\u2019m ready to roll.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked to comment on rumors swirling around about his health issues, Inos said he already expected his political opponents to make a mountain out of molehill and make it appear that he\u2019s not fit to serve the next four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s basically not true. It\u2019s a simple case of the flu that I got when I came back from the Philippines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Inos, meanwhile, thanked the camps of former governor Juan N. Babauta and former Commonwealth Ports Authority executive director Edward \u201cTofila\u201d M. Deleon Guerrero for supporting his candidacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited and grateful for both of them for giving their support to my candidacy and that goes to their supporters as well. I\u2019m really honored that they decided to help and believe that I\u2019m the better choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inos also said he had nothing to do with Best Sunshine International Ltd.\u2019s release of $10 million in utility vouchers as part of the Hong Kong-based company\u2019s Community Benefit Fund.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had nothing to do with the $10 million in utility vouchers. That\u2019s basically between Best Sunshine and the Lottery Commission when they crafted the agreement. I understand that this $10 million was to be paid within 60 days. It could\u2019ve been earlier or later.\u201d<\/p>\n
With regards to the Saipan Chamber of Commerce Gubernatorial Forum tentatively set for Wednesday, Inos said he will have to sit down with his campaign and discuss it with them first before coming up with a final decision.<\/p>\n
Inos\/Torres will figure in a gubernatorial runoff election with former speaker Heinz S. Hofschneider and former Senate floor leader Ray N. Yumul on Nov. 21. The seven-day advance voting for the runoff starts today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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