Dying nanny told to leave country
TONY BOCK/TORONTO STAR
Cancer-striken Juana Tejada at her Downsview home May 28, 2008 with her husband, Noli Azada, who flew here from the Philippines after she was diagnosed.
'I paid my dues here,' says Filipina woman denied residency after diagnosis of cancer
June 09, 2008
Nicholas KeungImmigration/Diversity Reporter
Juana Tejada wants to stay – and die – in Canada.
A live-in caregiver from the Philippines, the terminally ill cancer patient will be forced to leave when her work permit expires in two months, even though her period of service here as a nanny was supposed to be the gateway to permanent residency.
Tejada has twice been denied a chance to stay, however, because her illness puts a burden on the health-care system.
"I only have one dying wish," Tejada said after a recent chemotherapy session at Princess Margaret Hospital. She has stage 4 lung cancer, a disease that originated in her colon.
"I hope I get to stay to bring my family here, to give them a better future than in the Philippines."
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