Newly appointed Health Secretary Ted Herbosa on Wednesday said he will ensure that healthcare workers will receive their long overdue COVID-19 benefits.
In an ambush interview, Herbosa said that the Department of Health will coordinate with the Department of Budget and Management to address the delays in payment of special risk allowance to healthcare workers who provided service at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, this amount is still not enough to pay for the arrears of DOH to the medical workers since 2021, according to Vergeire. The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. earlier said that 40% to 50% of nurses in private hospitalsThe new Health chief also said that Marcos has tasked him to address the rising cases of tuberculosis, teenage pregnancy, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus among the youth.
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