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| The OFW suspected of sufferingi a stroke is in an emergency room at Eastern Hospital |
A Filipina domestic helper is in the emergency room of Pamela Youde
Nethersole Eastern
Hospital
Lovella F. Albero, 43 and a married mother of three, is scheduled
to undergo an MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, to determine whether she has
a brain tumor, her employer Zharina Sunga said.
But Sunga is worried because the medical procedure can’t be
done until after two weeks because of the long queue of patients requiring that
examination.
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Sunga said a doctor friend of hers suspected that Albero
might have suffered a stroke due to ruptured brain aneurysm, or a bulging vein
in the brain.
He suggested the patient undergo a lumbar puncture, a procedure that
involves drawing fluid specimen from her spinal column.
Albero is conscious but has lost her memory, her employer
for five years said. “She doesn’t know where she is, she doesn’t even know me,”
Sunga said.
The employer said Albero has a husband and three children
who are all in college.
The case of Albero has been relayed to the Overseas Workers
Welfare Administration office in the Consulate.
Welfare Officer Marivic C. Clarin said she had assured the
employer that the hospital is the best place for Albero as medical staff could
monitor her condition
