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| 58-year-old Emily did not tell anyone about her apparent hypertension |
If you feel something is not right with your body, go have yourself checked.
This is the message that the family and friends of
Emily Taroma, who died on August 9, just a month after turning 58, want her fellow
migrant domestic worker to take to heart.
One of her friends said Emily was found unconscious in
her room at about 9am that day by her longtime employer who lives in Tai Kok
Tsui. She was rushed to hospital but was declared dead within minutes of
arrival.
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Emily’s daughter Edelyn who is a registered nurse,
said her mother had no known ailment, but when her room was checked, herbal medicines
meant to lower blood pressure was found.
Both she and Emily’s employer for the past 21 years,
have agreed to waive an autopsy on the remains, as they are convinced the death
was due to a stroke or any other natural cause.
Because of this and her family’s decision not to hold
a wake in Hong Kong, the repatriation of Emily’s remains to her hometown of
Villasis, Pangasinan has been speeded up.
Emily’s body will be flown home to Manila on Sunday, August
22, and from there, will be accompanied on a land trip to Pangasinan by staff
of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.
Edelyn, who has flown to Hong Kong and has been
staying with her mother’s kindly employer while they worked on the documents
needed for the repatriation, will return home a day earlier so she could join
her family in receiving the remains.
She shared that Emily’s employer and companion for the past 21 years has been very generous and caring, settling all the payments due to her family, and more. The employer has also felt especially sad that she was not able to help Emily seek treatment for any medical concerns she might have had.
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| Emily shared this photo on Facebook of Edelyn graduating valedictorian in elementary |
Emily’s last flight home is doubly heartbreaking to her family as she had already told them of her plan to go home for good, after spending about three decades working abroad, first in the Middle East, and then Hong Kong.
But they take comfort in the knowledge that Emily
passed after fulfilling what most OFWs like her dream of when they leave the country
for work, that is, to provide a better life for their children. Her youngest
son just graduated from college, while Edelyn, the only girl in a brood of
four, became a full-fledged nurse less than two years ago.
Emily is survived by her four children and husband
Eduardo.
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