FROM THE STRAITS TIMES: Filipino nurse – likely the first foreigner here to die from Sars – died 30 minutes before his father reached the hospital.

THE father of the Filipino male nurse who died of Sars on Wednesday arrived in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) 30 minutes too late to see his son alive. The nurses at the intensive care unit had told his 25-year-old son that he was on the way. But by the time the father reached the hospital, his son was dead.

FROM THE PDI: Filipino caregiver dies of SARS in Singapore

A MALE caregiver in Singapore became the third overseas Filipino worker (OFW) to die of SARS-related causes. The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed Thursday that the 24-year-old nurse identified only by the initials JP died in a Singapore hospital on Wednesday night.

Bakit di nakaalis agad ang ama ng namatay sa Pilipinas? Mahigit dalawang milyong dolyar na courage fund para sa SARS releif, di man lang nagawang papuntahin sa Singapore ang ama para makita ang anak niya for one last time. Bwakang inang yan, Bwakang inang yan.