DOH: P6.7B allotment for health workers allowance released

The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Tuesday that it has received P6.767 billion to settle the unpaid allowances of health workers.

In a statement, DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said that the allocation for the Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) had been released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) through a Special Allotment Release Order (SARO).

“Tulad noong nakaraang taon, nakita natin na sa loob lamang ng humigit-kumulang dalawang buwan pagkalabas ng SARO ay nababayaran agad ng DOH ang mga pending claims ng ating mga health and care workers na kwalipikado para sa benepisyo,” he said.

(Like the previous year, we can see that the DOH was able to settle the pending claims of qualified health and care workers in just more or less than 2 months of the SARO’s release.)

Herbosa urged local government units and private hospitals to guarantee that health workers receive appropriate and timely payments after the funds from the DOH are disbursed. —Jiselle Anne Casucian/VBL, GMA Integrated News