Employers take care of long-serving Sri Lankan domestic worker after she fell ill with cancer

Mary Thavithurasa Rabinayaki died on Nov 6, and was remembered by friends as someone always willing to lend a hand.PHOTO: COURTESY OF MARY THAVITHURASA RABINAYAKI.

SINGAPORE: When Mary Thavithurasa Rabinayaki, a Sri Lankan domestic maid, was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, her employers of nearly 30 years helped with treatment costs and stuck with her throughout her ordeal.

Thavithurasa died last Monday (Nov 6). Her funeral on Friday was attended by her Seletar Hills neighbours and friends from the Church of St Vincent de Paul in Yio Chu Kang, who said she was always willing to lend a hand.