Manila Bulletin
DOH: More than 600 health care workers volunteer their services
More than 600 healthcare workers have volunteered their services to the DOH to combat COVID-19.
These volunteers will be deployed to the three COVID-19 referral centers in Metro Manila: Philippine General Hospital, Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital, and the Lung Center of the Philippines.
A policy of 'two weeks on, two weeks off' will be implemented for volunteer healthcare workers, requiring a two-week quarantine after each duty period.
The DOH has apologized for any misunderstanding regarding the P500 daily allowance, clarifying it is a daily amount and not the total compensation.
The majority of the DOH's budget for COVID-19 response is allocated for personal protective equipment (PPEs).
The DOH hopes to increase the daily allowance of volunteers using the supplemental budget from Congress, which will also cover PPEs, health facilities, and COVID-19 benefit packages.
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Senator Bong Go urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to use available funds to properly compensate and equip volunteer health workers during the COVID-19 crisis.
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