Hong Kong maid fired for having cancer gets 90,000 in crowdfunding

A crowdfunding campaign for a Filipino domesticworker reportedly fired after she was diagnosed with cervical cancerhad raised over 735,000 Hong Kong dollars byMonday morning.  The domestic worker, named as Baby Jane Allas on her GoGetFundingpage, was diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer in the middle ofFebruary and was shortly afterwards fired by her employer in HongKong, according to the fundraising page.  Allas is no longer entitled to government medical care following hertermination, and is currently staying with her sister's employer,Jessica Papadopoulos.According to the fundraising page, before being fired Allas wasregularly denied adequate food by her employer and had lost 16kilograms since arriving in Hong Kong in 2017.Papadopoulos started the campaign on Allas's behalf and is helpingher coordinate medical treatment in Hong Kong, some of which will begiven on a pro bono basis.  Allas is pursuing legal action against her employer through HongKong's labour department.Hong Kong relied on the work of over 369,000 domestic "helpers,"primarily women from the Philippines and Indonesia, in 2017 to workin the home and care for children and elderly family members,according to census data.  Legally required to live with their employer, cases of abuse are notuncommon and can range from physical and verbal attacks to food andsleep deprivation.Many workers often live in converted closets, children's rooms, orcubbies in a city renowned for minuscule though expensiveapartments.