She claimed that the sponsors tried to get their hands on BD5,000 that was awarded to her for agreeing to allow her dead mother's kidneys to be transplanted. [Her mother] was declared brain dead on October 31 after suffering from a brain aneurysm.One of her kidneys was transplanted into Bahraini Ali Hassan Abdulla, 45, on November 3 at the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC). The money was presented by Health Ministry officials last Wednesday at the hospital to Arlene, who was accompanied by a police escort. While waiting for her flight at the Bahrain International Airport, Arlene called the GDN and expressed thanks to the embassy and all those who helped her. She also thanked the officials at the Isa Town Detention Centre, whom she said treated her well. The embassy shouldered Arlene's one-way ticket to Manila, while the Bahrain Kidney Friendship Society and Mrs Quilondrino's sponsor jointly paid for the repatriation cost of BD600.