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Zarate slams DOH for 'degrading' work of volunteer health workers with P500 daily pay
Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate criticized the Department of Health for offering a P500 daily allowance to volunteer health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it "degrading."
Zarate proposed hiring volunteer doctors and nurses for the duration of the emergency, suggesting a maximum monthly pay of P50,000 for doctors and P22,000 for nurses.
He estimated that compensating 600 volunteer health workers with these salaries for two months would cost around P60 million, which he believes the government can provide.
Zarate also highlighted ongoing issues in the government's COVID-19 response, including the lack of mass testing and insufficient protective gear for frontliners.
He further noted that communities are experiencing hunger due to delayed relief goods during the lockdown.
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The Department of Health (DOH) is seeking volunteer health workers, including doctors, nurses, nurse assistants, and orderlies, to work in designated COVID-19 referral hospitals.
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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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More than 600 healthcare workers have volunteered their services to the DOH to combat COVID-19.
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The Department of Health (DOH) announced that volunteer healthcare workers involved in the fight against COVID-19 will receive additional benefits beyond the previously stated P500 daily allowance.
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Most members of President Duterte's Cabinet have voluntarily offered to give up 75 percent of their monthly salaries until December 2020 to fund government efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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