DOH hit over delayed health workers’ benefits

Department of Health to distribute at least P32 million in compensation to the families of front-line health workers who died treating COVID-19 patients.The senators pointed out that the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, or Republic Act No. 11469, explicitly mandated the government to give P1 million each to the families of nurses and doctors who lost their lives attending to people afflicted with the severe respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Sen. Richard Gordon, who had introduced the compensation provision, called the DOH failure “serious neglect.” Earlier, the Senate passed a resolution demanding Duque quit his post due to lack of foresight, negligence and failure of leadership as chair of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, the temporary government body overseeing the Duterte administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.

“It is very disconcerting to know that after more than two months [after] the law’s implementation, no health worker and his or her family has received their supposed remuneration for sacrificing their own lives for our own,” he added. “Let me say this: Seriously neglecting to do your job for the people who paid with their own lives is a dishonor to their memory and sacrifices for our country,” he added.Lacson noted that the compensation package for the medical front-liners took effect retroactively on Feb. 1 and that it covered all health-care personnel in public and private hospitals.

“We strongly urge [you] and the DOH to immediately facilitate the distribution of the compensation provided under [the law],” they told Duque.

Wla nga daw yung P500 per day for Frontliners. Hindi nga daw binigay. Yung 100K pa kaya. Mas lalo na 1M. 👊👹

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