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<div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVS3r3_kajs/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=502&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A6011324.200000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1441" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>The family of veteran actress Odette Khan is appealing for financial assistance as she remains hospitalized. </p><p>Khan has been confined at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute since Feb. 21 and is currently bedridden.</p><p>She is being treated for pneumonia, emphysema, and edema, and recently underwent a procedure to drain fluid from her right lung.  </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/12/4/odette-khan-shares-no-nonsense-wisdom-for-young-artists-1153"><strong>Odette Khan shares no-nonsense wisdom for young artists </strong></a> </div><p>In an appeal, her daughter Claudette Avelino-Tandoc said the family is running out of funds and is seeking help from the public.</p><p>As of Feb. 27, the hospital bill has exceeded P211,000, excluding professional fees, caregiving costs, and medicines. The amount continues to rise as treatment is ongoing. </p><p>“We are appealing to your kind hearts. If Mommy Odette has touched you in any way through her more than five decades of service in film and television, and you are capable and willing to donate, we would deeply appreciate it,” she said in a statement. </p>

<p>The family of veteran actress Odette Khan is appealing for financial assistance as she remains hospitalized. </p>

The family of veteran actress Odette Khan is appealing for financial assistance as she remains hospitalized.

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Family of Odette Khan appeals for financial help amid hospitalization

Anna Cerezo,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 28, 2026 06:08 PM PHT

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Updated March 01, 2026 09:50 AM PHT

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