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DFA Repatriates Filipina Comatose Survivor in Russia

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The repatriated overseas Filipino at an airport in Moscow on her way back to the Philippines, with Philippine Embassy in Moscow ATN Head, Vice Consul Leslie C. Escosura-Bustamante (left), and the medical escort (right).

MOSCOW 03 January 2024 – The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Embassy in Moscow, Russian Federation, facilitated the repatriation of a 63-year-old Filipina in Moscow, who was previously in comatose state and was hospitalized for almost a month. 

All expenses related to her repatriation, including airfare, medical escort, and all documents and clearances, were arranged by the Philippine Embassy in Moscow and funded through the Assistance-To-Nationals Fund. 

The overseas worker arrived in the Philippines and was reunited with her family on 28 December 2023. END

 

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The repatriated overseas Filipino reunited with her family at NAIA, with OWWA representative.

For more information, visit https://www.moscowpe.dfa.gov.ph, or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinRussia/, https://twitter.com/phlinrussia or https://www.instagram.com/phlinrussia/.