Volunteer John Paul Madulid, an 18-year-old Computer Science student, was attended to by medical personnel after he tripped and fell. (CDN PHOTO/VICTOR ANTHONY V. SILVA)
A sophomore student of the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu was brought to a nearby hospital after falling off four steps of stairs outside the presidential debate venue at 11:40 a.m. today.
Volunteer marshall John Paul Madulid, an 18-year-old Computer Science student at the university, tripped after he fell off the stairs and landed on the pavement outside the two-storey UP Cebu Performing Arts Hall, causing his right ankle to swell.
The Visayas leg of the PiliPinas Presidential Debates, the second of the three debates spearheaded by the Commission on Elections, will be held on the second floor of the Performing Arts Hall starting at 5 p.m. today.
Dr. Cyrus Romuga, a member of the medical team from the Department of Health, said Madulid was given pain relievers while his ankle was treated with cold compress and then splinted.
Romuga said the student was brought to the Perpetual Succour Hospital for an X-ray examination.