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Noynoy Aquino was preparing for kidney transplant before death, friends say

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1713878" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - Former President Benigno &quot;Noynoy&quot; Aquino III was preparing to undergo a kidney transplant ahead before his passing that shocked the country Thursday, his friends have said, as he battled ailments silently and privately after stepping down from office. </p><p>Citing a text message on June 3, former public works and highways secretary Rogelio Singson said over Teleradyo that Aquino went through dialysis and angioplasty to gear up for his kidney transplant.</p><p>He was just waiting for a &quot;compatible&quot; kidney donor, according to Singson. </p><p>&quot;That was last time, but prior to that mahilig sa steak si boss... that happened in the last several months, nitong pandemic &#x27;di na namin nabisita (we haven&#x27;t visited him due to the pandemic)&quot; he said over Teleradyo on Thursday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/24/21/aquino-sisters-statement-noynoy-aquino-death">READ: &#x27;Mission accomplished ka, Noy&#x27;: Aquino sisters devastated over brother&#x27;s loss</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/24/21/benigno-aquino-iii-noynoy-aquino-death">READ: Former President Noynoy Aquino dies</a></li></ul><p>In an interview at the Ateneo de Manila University, former Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares said it took them a long time to convince Aquino to get the procedure given his condition. </p><p>Henares said that PNoy, as he was called by Filipinos during his term, initially thought that he was stealing someone&#x27;s life and opportunity if he would accept a kidney.</p><p>Aquino was a known smoker, while his friends recalled that he liked eating fatty food and sugary drinks. </p><p>He died in his sleep early Thursday due to renal disease secondary to diabetes at the age of 61. </p><p>Sen. Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan, meanwhile, said Aquino had a kidney malfunction in 2019, where he was sent to the intensive care unit. </p><p>This was when his health started to deteriorate, Pangilinan noted, just after the 2019 general elections and before the pandemic reached the country. </p><p>&quot;Sunod-sunod na (it started after that). Hypertension also, I understand... the stresses I guess of his 6 years in office, and after which he stepped down he was still okay for the first 2 or 3 years. And then ayun na nga, the hypertension, diabetes, and the kidney malfunction,&quot; he explained in an interview on ANC, noting that he was still in shock with the development. </p><p>In 2015, at the height of the investigation into the death of 44 state troopers in the Mamasapano encounter, Aquino was rumored to have collapsed. Malacañang, however, denied this. </p><p>Aquino skipped the rites commemorating his father&#x27;s death anniversary in 2019 because he was sick, his youngest sister Kris Aquino said back then. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/21/19/sick-noynoy-skips-fathers-death-anniversary-rites">READ: &#x27;Sick&#x27; Noynoy skips father&#x27;s death anniversary rites</a></li></ul><p>He also revealed that he got pneumonia in November 2019. </p><p>He had been hospitalized several times prior to his death. <br/> <br/><strong>— With reports from Sherrie Ann Torres and Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1713327" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>In an interview at the Ateneo de Manila University, former Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares said it took them a long time to convince Aquino to get the procedure given his condition. <br /> </p>

In an interview at the Ateneo de Manila University, former Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares said it took them a long time to convince Aquino to get the procedure given his condition.