COVID
HINILING ni Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo ang Department of Health na kumuha ng 13,000 health care personnel na maaaring pasuwelduhin sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang budget nito.
Ayon kay Castelo ang DoH ay mayroong 72,479 permanent position at 59,427 lamang dito ang napunan.
“Since appropriations for government salaries are released in full, including those for vacant positions, the DOH should have the funds to hire additional personnel to complete its staff,” ani Castelo.
Marami sa hindi napunan na posisyon ay doktor, nurse at midwives.
“We need those additional healthcare workers while we are battling the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 2,000 of our existing personnel had been infected and had been confined to quarantine facilities, though many of them are recovering from the disease,” ani Castelo.
Hiniling din ni Castelo sa DoH na unahin sa kukunin ang 3,000 doktor at nurse na tumugon sa panawagan ng gobyerno sa laban sa Covid-19.
“Their willingness to face risk to their own health so they could serve the country is their principal qualification to be accepted into our public healthcare system.”
“Let us ramp up the hiring of additional healthcare personnel. Funds for salaries are meant to be spent, not saved.”
Naniniwala ang lady solon na maraming papasok sa mga trabahong ito dahil mataas na ang sahod na alok ng DoH.
Ang entry level ng doktor ay P52,000 ang sahod at ang nurse ay P32,000.
Si Castelo ay nauna ng naghain ng panukala para bigyan ng dalawang buwang tax holiday ang mga health workers na sumali sa laban kontra Covid-19.