Ely Buendia in ICU for a heart attack

SINGER-SONGWRITER Ely Buendia, 36-year-old front man for the rock band Pupil, was rushed to the hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.

He was given an emergency angioplasty to treat two arterial blockages on Sunday night.

"He's now conscious. He's okay. His vital signs are stabilizing, but he is still under observation," Pupil manager Day Cabuhat told the Inquirer.

Buendia is now in the intensive care unit of a leading hospital.

According to Cabuhat, the doctors speculated that Buendia suffered the heart attack while performing onstage with Pupil in a gig in Laguna.

Buendia used to be the leader of the seminal '90s band Eraserheads, which disbanded in 2002.

source:Inquirer