Three weeks ago, the social media world was shocked by the news that actor John Regala was seen in the streets of Pasay City seemingly lost and in pain. A concerned citizen came to him and asked what he needed and John replied that he was waiting for his nurse. He found it difficult at first to understand what John was saying because of his slurred speech. Nahilo daw si John kaya mabuti na lang at agad namang lumapit ang kanyang good samaritan sa mga tanod at pulis para manghingi ng tulong.
Sa Barangay 183 Pasay City, sa tapat ng isang pizza store, natagpuan si John.
Hindi raw makapaniwala ang nakakita sa kanya na ang dating hinangaang bida/kontrabida ay ganito na ang buhay ngayon. He opted not to leave Regala until he was sure that the actor was okay. Carl Nathan, the delivery boy who chose to do good that day, changed the path in the actor’s life.
OPLAN: HELP JOHN REGALA
After the much talked about social media post, kaliwa’t kanang shows ang gustong kunin ang pahayag ni John at magpaabot ng tulong. He needed financial support to take care of his everyday needs and medication. Unfortunately hindi na rin siya makapagtrabaho dahil sa kanyang sakit.
Napag-alamang 2016 pa lang may liver cirrhosis na siya at ngayon ay lumala na ang sakit ng aktor dala ng iba pang kumplikasyon. Mayroon din siyang gout kung kaya’t nahirapan itong makalakad. Mula sa post ding iyon ni Carl Nathan, nai-share na sa Facebook ng ilang netizens ang kalagayan ni Regala.
Ilan sa nagpa-abot din ng tulong sa aktor ay sina Mayor Richard Gomez, Vic Sotto, Rez Cortez, Robin Padilla at Senator Bong Revilla.
Hindi rin nagpahuli ang veteran columnist/TV Host na si Aster Amoyo, Nadia Montenegro at Chuckie Dreyfus sa pagtulong kay John. In fact, they even formed a group to assist him so he’d be able to manage himself hanggang sa ma-address ang hospital care niya sa National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) kung saan siya nakapasok with the help of Party List Representative Ronnie Ong.
JOHN REGALA ON TULFO IN ACTION
Sa gitna ng mga pagtulong kay Regala, may concerned netizens ding walang sawang nag-tag ng photo ng aktor sa Raffy Tulfo In Action.
RTIA, for those who don’t know, is You Tube’s number one public service online show hosted by no less than Mr. Raffy Tulfo.
Inaksyonan agad ng team ng RTIA ang hiling ng mga netizens na tingnan ang kalagayan ni John Regala. He was then interviewed via phone patch by Idol Raffy at kinwento nga ng aktor ang kundisyon niya. The interview covered various excerpts of John’s personal life including his past affairs. RTIA also contacted his first wife who is now based in the US and they were able to talk.
Idol Raffy gave the actor a generous amount of 100 thousand pesos plus a whopping 6 months supply of groceries.
And as of this writing, muling nagpa-interview si John sa RTIA (August 19,2020) at doon ay sinabi niyang nagpasya siyang lumabas ng ospital dahil bumubiti na rin daw ang pakiramdam niya. Aniya, lumalaki na rin daw ang bayarin at gastusin niya and he doesn’t want to cause so much burden to other people.
WHEN HELP ENDS
Isa sa pinaka-masaklap na puwedeng mangyari sa tao ay ‘yung talikuran ka ng mga kahuli-hulihang tumutulong sa ‘yo.
‘Yan ang eksaktong nangyari sa bida ng kuwentong ito na si John Regala.
After all the help, effort and care that was extended to him by the group of Tita Aster, Nadia and Chucky, they finally called it quits last August 18, 2020.
Ayon pa sa joint statement (see below) nina Tita Aster, Nadia at Chucky, no amount of effort on their part can help a very uncooperative and difficult individual. Hindi rin daw nila tino-tolerate ang kagustuhan ng aktor na umuwi na at mag self medicate. Having said this, they will turn over every amount donated and given to him to the one who will be in charge of the actor’s care.
We hope everyone has learned a lesson from this too. You have to save while you are earning well because it’s not all the time that people will be available to help you.
