A 63-year old domestic worker who died of suspected
heatstroke made her final voyage back to the
Philippines earlier today.
The body of Milagrosa M. Aligaen, who had worked in Hong
Kong for 29 years, was flown home to Iloilo
aboard a Cebu Pacific flight.
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| Aligaen was declared dead on arrival at Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan |
One of her two adult sons fetched her casket at Iloilo airport and accompanied it to their hometown of
Maasin, Iloilo about
9km away.
Aligaen, who had a heart ailment, was found dead on the morning
of Aug 12 in her employer’s flat in Shaukeiwan, a likely victim of heat stroke.
Her body was discovered by her 62-year-old employer on the
lower deck of a bunk bed that they shared.
She was rushed to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital but was declared dead on arrival. The exact cause of her dead is still being investigated.
Just a day before she died, she had reportedly told her
sister-in-law, Elsa Cordero, that she could not sleep and had difficulty
breathing because it was hot and the employer did not want to turn the air
conditioner on.
Cordero, who also works in Hong Kong,
said the deceased had been taking maintenance pills for her heart ailment.
Aligaen had been working as a domestic helper in Hong Kong since 1990. She was hired seven years ago to
take care of her employer’s father, who is in a home for the elderly, Cordero
said. – Vir B. Lumicao
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