Amid the COVID-19 outbreak and the imposed enhanced community quarantine, some people still need to go outside because they are one of the much needed frontliners we need today in order to save another cruel and extra exhausting day. The medical workers, the police and the military, the baggers, tellers and the cashier--they are just few of our many neccessary employers that still chooses to work and serve, despite of the huge danger the virus brings.
And as what they usually say, these people, especially the health care workers who spent more than a 24 hour shift in a full packed hospital are one of the huge casualties we have and will continously having-- as we still fight on this war.
Horrible and sad, but it is indeed, the tragic truth.
One of them is Dr. Sally Gatchalian, actress and comedienne Ruby Rodriguez' older sister.
And just like any other fatal cases, she was not allowed to be seen by her relatives, and had to be cremated, to make sure there will be no trace of the virus left.
“The hard part was, paano namin kukunin yung body?
“So, I started calling funeral places na may cremation, because that’s the only way you can do it daw.”
“The most painful was, when they got her, she was just in a body bag. No one is allowed to open. They brought her to the crematorium in the bag." Ruby shared on her interview in Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho.
“Can you imagine your sister being delivered in a jar? In an urn? It’s all ashes. I wasn’t able to hug her, I wasn’t able to… you know what I mean?
“Hindi mo naalagaan, hindi mo man lang nabisita, di man lang kayo naka… That’s the hardest part. We didn’t see her. None,” Ruby revealed.
How is the actress and her whole family coping up after the whole situation? According to the comedian, she and her siblings make sure to spend even a little time with each other, talking and laughing. In that way, all of them managed to go forward, not leaving anyone behind the darkness. What can you say about this story?
SOURCE: KAMI