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'AN ACT OF HEROISM AND A STORY OF HOPE'

LOOK: VP Leni Robredo shares the story of Mary Lorraine Pingol, the nurse who went viral for helping a homeless woman deliver a baby on a sidewalk in Barangay Bangkal, Makati City last August 2020. 📷OVP; Bangkal Makati | @JMRiveraINQ

@JMRiveraINQ Robredo said that other than being known for her act of heroism, Pingol's life is also a story of hope.

According the her, it was in 2013 when Pingol was diagnosed with Leukemia and had to quit her job as a nurse. | @JMRiveraINQ

@JMRiveraINQ "Pansamantala mang iniwan ang trabahong ito para sa kalusugan, patuloy siyang nanilbihan sa iba’t ibang paraan—bilang language teacher, retail employee, at caregiving lecturer, hanggang sa maging caregiver mismo sa Japan," wrote Robredo on Friday, April 16. | @JMRiveraINQ

@JMRiveraINQ Pingol then decided to go back to the Philippines in 2019 and work at a known health maintenance organization in the country. The following year, she went viral for helping a pregnant woman. | @JMRiveraINQ

@JMRiveraINQ Not only did she receives praises and appreciation from Filipinos online, Pingol was also one of the 14 recipients of the “Bayaning Nars”, an award given by Philippine Nurses Association. | @JMRiveraINQ

@JMRiveraINQ “Sana ay hindi kayo tumigil sa pagtulong niyo sa mga pasyente. We are just human, I know marami sa atin ang natatakot din na mahawa tayo sa COVID-19," said Pingol, reminding medical workers who are also struggling because of the pandemic. | @JMRiveraINQ

@JMRiveraINQ "Despite that anxiety and fear inside us, I hope that will not stop us from doing what we have to do as a nurse or as a medical worker para sa ikagagaling ng mga pasyente natin," she added. | @JMRiveraINQ