CEBU CITY, Philippines – Retired boxer ZC Oliveros “The Dream” Gorres underwent a throat operation Wednesday night at Cebu Doctor’s Hospital.
Dr. Gary Rivera, an Ear-Nose-Throat specialist, said Gorres's endotracheal intubation done at University Medical Center in Nevada, USA, had an internal infection which needed to be operated on within the next 24 hours.
Gorres said he suffered from frequent coughing and sore throat after he arrived home at Barangay Canduman in Mandaue City.
He was rushed to Gullas Medical Center Saturday but was released immediately by a doctor.
When he went for a check-up again Wednesday, he was no longer allowed to be released and was immediately prepared for the operation.
Rivera said that a mass of tissue formed in the lining of Gorres’s throat, which caused his coughing.
Datches, Gorres’s wife, meanwhile, called for immediate financial assistance for her husband’s operation.
“Wala pa naman kaming natatanggap na tulong from Manny Pacquiao, but we hope we could get an assistance for this new operation,” said Datches.
As of posting, Gorres’s attending physician has not released a bulletin on his condition and the outcome of the operation.
Career-ending injury
Gorres had just returned to the Philippines, more than 3 months after he was sidelined by a career-ending brain injury.
Gorres fought Colombian Luis Melendez in Las Vegas in November 2009 and won the fight despite getting knocked down by Melendez in the final round. But moments after he was declared the winner of the 10-round bout via unanimous decision, he collapsed and was rushed to a hospital
Doctors performed an emergency operation on Gorres’s brain to remove a blood clot. He went through another major surgery because doctors needed to put back the part of the skull that was taken out in his first surgery.
The former fighter can now move the left side of his body and can also walk a little bit without any assistance.
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