Updated | Godfrey Farrugia to undergo surgery for prostate cancer

Government whip Godfrey Farrugia announced that he is suffering from prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery in the UK.

In a Facebook message he posted tonight, the MP thanked well-wishers and gave an update about his condition.

Earlier, his partner and backbencher Marlene Farrugia said that Farrugia was still in hospital but his condition had improved.

In his candid post, Farrugia explained that he got to know about the gravity of his condition after undergoing routine tests which showed that his prostate specific antigen was abnormally high.

“Obviously I sought a specialist consultation , who in turn directed me towards MRI, which resulted that I have two new growths in my prostate gland,” the MP said.

Farrugia, a GP himself, added that following a biopsy he suffered from some complications and spent three days in hospital after developing a very high fever.

The results of the biopsy confirmed that Farrugia has “aggressive cancer of the prostate, which requires radical surgery or radiotherapy.”
Such procedures are routinely carried out in a London hospital and the MP will undergo surgery to eradicate the tumour as soon as the necessary arrangements are made.

Ending his brief message on an optimist note, Farrugia said “hopefully, within fifteen days from surgery, I will be up and about delivering my Parliamentary duties with the usual vigour....”

In a statement issued through the Department of Information, Speaker Anglu Farrugia said visited the government whip at the hospital where he wished him a speedy recovery.