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The family of Celia Yap-Banago, a nurse at Kansas City's Research Medical Center who died of Covid-19 on April 21, has hired a lawyer and filed a claim for death benefits under Missouri workers' compensation laws.
The claim was filed on behalf of Yap-Banago's husband, Amado Banago, and her two sons, Jhulan and Joshua Banago.
"My mom put everyone before herself, all the time," Jhulan Banago said in a Tuesday release. "If my mother's death can result in more protection for all nurses everywhere,…