Hong Kong (CNN) On February 17, Baby Jane Teodoro Allas, 38, was fired from her job as a domestic worker in Hong Kong while on sick leave. Without that, Allas estimates that her treatment in Hong Kong -- which includes three months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to shrink her tumor, then an operation -- will now cost at least 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($127,400). But to do that they have to remain in Hong Kong, where they can no longer access affordable healthcare. Allas earned 4,520 Hong Kong dollars ($576) a month, the minimum wage for a domestic worker -- and far less than the average monthly Hong Kong salary of 16,800 Hong Kong dollars ($2,038). Hong Kong law mandates that foreign domestic workers reside with their employers in suitable accommodation with reasonable privacy.

Source: CNN March 08, 2019 00:46 UTC