Health workers stage protest to assert health budget increase

“die-in-protest” in front of the Senate gate on Tuesday, Nov. 16, to assert and demand higher health budget appropriation and salary increase.

“Likewise, the non-prioritization of health in the national budget appropriation is a gross and criminal neglect of the Duterte administration to ensure people’s health during this health crisis,” Santos stressed. “Health budget cuts will only result in further weakening of public health as the government increasingly abandons its primary obligation to protect and promote the health of its citizenry. This has led the people dry of their already meager resources which are not even enough to support a decent life, what more to pay for their health care,” Santos added.

They also reiterated their calls to increase health budgets by allotting P2.064 trillion to direct public health services and for COVID-19 response; restore the P1B MOOE budget cut of GOCC hospitals; and fund COVID-19 benefits amounting to P969B for special risk allowance , active hazard duty pay , meal, accommodation, and transportation allowance, and COVID-19 compensation benefits of all 1.8M health workers in the 2022 DOH budget.

If this govt provides the best compensation package for all health workers there is no need for reinforcement for medical students as well as protest by health workers. Billions of funds dedicated to corrupt agencies like NTF ELCAC yet insufficient budget for health workers..😡

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