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| Death came two weeks after May was diagnosed with ovarian cancer |
Friends and family of the late May Mallillin who passed on in Hong Kong Mar 12 due to complications from ovarian cancer are set to give her a final farewell this coming Sunday, Mar. 23 at Universal Funeral Parlor in Hung Hom.
May, who was 45 years old and single, will be brought to her final resting place in her hometown of Solana, Cagayan.
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According to her sister Julie Mallillin Cagumbay, May started having stomach problems in January this year. On Feb. 1 it became so unbearable that she had to be taken to Kwong Wah Hospital in Kowloon, where a lump was found in her ovary.
“Pagkatapos ng isang linggo, ovarian cancer na,” Julie told their cousin Alma Bangayan, who had been updating May’s family on her condition, and helped run a fundraising campaign for her through the Facebook group, Social Justice for Migrant Workers.
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| May was visited by many caring friends while she was in hospital |
Initially, surgery was ruled out in her case, but in the first week of March her condition turned critical because of a blood clot in her lung, forcing doctors to operate on her twice.
Friends said she managed to withstand the two surgeries despite her fragile condition. According to one of them, Divina Apostol, May fought hard to overcome the pain and her illnesses.
But it did not last long before May succumbed to pulmonary embolism, or a blood clot that got lodged in her lung.
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According to Julie, May had worked in Hong Kong since 2015, and managed to go back home only once, in 2017, when her first contract expired. After that she had been exiting in Macau at the request of her employer.
She was a go-getter who made many friends in several Filipino community organizations she joined.
Those who wish to pay final respects may go to Rm 202, 2nd floor of Universal Funeral Homes at 10 Cheong Hang Road in Hung Hom on Mar 23 between 4 and 6pm.
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