Tag: health workers

“Celebrate the heroism of healthcare workers by providing benefits, not token appreciation”—CPDG

August 30, 2021

“Our heroic healthcare workers deserve more than lip service from the government. They are overworked and underpaid, even before the pandemic. Their Special Risk Allowances and other benefits are long overdue,” says Liza Maza, CPDG spokesperson.

“PHP 67.3 billion misused DOH funds a clear disregard for people’s health and well-being”—CPDG

August 17, 2021

While Sec. Duque explained that the funds were already “accounted for” in a statement on Aug. 11, the mass resignation of nurses and health workers over unpaid benefits including the unreleased COVID-19 hazard pay, among others, looms.