Manila Bulletin
'Health workers’ benefits should be released without delay' --- Robredo
Vice President Leni Robredo urged the government to provide special risk allowances and other benefits to healthcare workers, stating there is no excuse for delays after more than a year into the pandemic.
Robredo emphasized that these benefits are crucial to acknowledge the hard work and risks undertaken by health workers in treating COVID-19 patients.
She highlighted that the 2021 budget was already allocated during the pandemic, making the provision of these benefits expected and necessary.
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) has shortened their protest deadline to August 31 to demand their overdue special risk allowance and other promised benefits.
In response to the planned protests, the Department of Health requested understanding from health workers, warning that mass actions could endanger patients.
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A health workers group has given the Department of Health (DOH) until August 31 to release withheld COVID-19 benefits for medical frontliners.
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Health workers protested the delayed release of their COVID-19 benefits and called for the resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.
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The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) has set a mass protest for September 1 after the Department of Health (DOH) failed to pay other COVID-19 benefits.
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released P311.79 million for the special risk allowances (SRAs) of public and private healthcare workers catering to COVID-19 patients from December 20, 2020, to June 30, 2021.
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released an additional P888.12 million to cover the special risk allowances (SRA) of public and private healthcare workers (HCWs) catering to COVID-19 patients.
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