JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - After two months in a hospital, a diabetes-stricken Filipino worker in Jeddah whose employer disowned her due to ballooning hospital bills has finally returned to the Philippines.Aida Gutierrez, a sewer in the western Saudi Arabian city, was taken to the Saudi German Hospital on October 2 and was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and renal failure.Gutierrez was confined at the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, causing her hospital fees to hit 100,000 Saudi riyals or about P1.3 million.Unfortunately for her, she was not covered by any health insurance so she had to shoulder her own hospitalization.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – Kamuntik pang mabulilyaso ang pag-uwi sa Pilipinas ni Aida Palmunes Gutierrez, ang overseas Filipino worker na inabandona ng kanyang amo at naratay ng halos dalawang buwan sa ospital.