“Timely submission will facilitate the immediate distribution of the Special Risk Allowance (SRA); Meals, Accommodation, and Transportation (MAT) allowance; and One COVID-19 Allowance (OCA) funds to our healthcare workers and frontliners who deserve to be paid on time. DOH urges all to do their part towards this goal,” the department said.
STRESSING that “timely” submission will facilitate “immediate” distribution, the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday urged anew all health facilities to submit all documentary requirements for the grant of healthcare worker benefits related to Covid-19, as over P360 million remains “unliquidated.” “Timely submission will facilitate the immediate distribution of the…
LAOAG CITY -The Department of Health (DOH), along with a team from the Ilocos Norte government, is making rounds in the different towns and cities of the province to distribute Special Risk Allowance (SRA) to Barangay Health Workers (BHWs). The group led by Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc went to Batac City and Badoc town on Thursday to deliver the SRA amounting to PHP1,428 each to 522 target recipients. The group moved to the towns of Pinili, Currimao, and Paoay with 144 beneficiaries. To date, over 2,000 BHWs from the cities of Batac, Laoag, and the towns of Pagudpud, Adams, Dumalneg, Bangui, Burgos, Bacarra, Pasuquin, Vintar, San Nicolas, Pinili, Currimao, and Paoay received their SRA funded by the DOH. In his short speech, Manotoc thanked the BHWs for their invaluable efforts to respond to the pandemic amid working as "volunteers" with a meager stipend from the local government unit. "Our BHWs are the real heroes in rural areas. Thank you for your hard work and sacri
MANILA - The Department of Health-Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) continues to assist in the disbursement of benefits for healthcare workers and support staff, which include the One Covid-19 Allowance (OCA), Special Risk Allowance (SRA), Meals, Accommodation, and Transportation (MAT) Allowance, and Covid-19 Sickness and Death Compensation. For OCA, PHP 86,507,118 has already been released to 54 health facilities since January 2022. A total of PHP403,492,881 from the recently released OCA has already been allocated to 266 health facilities and is readily available, however, it is pending and for issuance of check due to a lack of submitted documents, especially the signed Memorandum of Agreement and liquidation report from the previously transferred funds to the health facility. Alongside OCA, disbursements for SRA and MAT are also ongoing. For SRA, a total of PHP 639,961,524 has been issued to 234 health facilities since February 2022; PHP 581,302,189 of which ha