![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/picture2.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe unfulfillment of the \u2018discriminatory\u2019 RA No. 11519 or \u201cBayanihan 2\u201d \u2014 which intends to give financial aid to medical frontliners \u2014 impelled nurses and other health workers, especially in the private sector, to consider mass resignation as a form of protest against the Department of Health (DOH) and the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Luke\u2019s Medical Center (Taguig City) Nurses\u2019 Union secretary Benjie Foscablo stated in an article by Daily Inquirer on Tuesday that although there was no explicit call for mass resignation among his colleagues, a myriad of nurses from private hospitals \u2014 who merely earn a minimum wage of \u20b1 537 a day compared with nurses from public hospitals who are protected under the Salary Standardization Law of 2019 (RA No. 11466) \u2014 eyes quitting as an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cActually, [the mass resignation] has been going on for the past two weeks already. About 40 percent of nurses (across the country) had resigned,\u201d Foscablo stated, quoting data from the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philippine Nurses association president Melbert Reyes authenticated the above-mentioned figure. Reyes added that the recent resignations were mostly from private hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) national president Robert Mendoza exposed in a press briefing on Monday that both public and private health workers are being denied lawful financial benefits from the Coronavirus-19 response funds handled by the DOH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We remain greatly deprived of our just and timely COVID-19 benefits like the meal, transportation, and accommodation allowance, Special Risk Allowance, and Active Hazard Duty Pay, among others. If not for the series of protest actions that we launched, our benefits will not be provided to us,” Mendoza stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All these expected provisions were established under RA No. 11519 approved on December 29, 2020. However, numerous medical frontliners, especially those from the private sector, have also criticized the limitation of the act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Filipino Nurses United (FNU) president Maristela Abenojar, Filipino health workers are seriously contemplating mass resignation. This is particular to the unfulfilled monthly \u20b1 5,000 Special Risk Allowance (SRA) to each private and public health worker since last year. Apart from that, Abenojar and private health workers resent the absence of the monthly \u20b1 3,000 Active Hazard Duty Pay (AHDP) for the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abenojar explained in an article by Philstar, \u201cUnder the Bayanihan, only those in the public sector shall receive AHDP. But when they attend to COVID-19 patients, it does not matter if you are from private or government. The risk is the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UST Hospital union president Donnel John Sianson shares the same indignation. According to an article by ABS-CBN, Sianson expressed, “Hindi namin alam kung paano namin ito iraraos yung pang-araw araw na pangangailangan ng health workers. Hinarap namin ang problema sa transportasyon, hinarap namin ang problema sa akomodasyon, hinarap namin pati ang ultimong kakainin namin, hinarap namin ang problema ng hazard pay at lahat ng hinaharap namin na mga problema hanggang ngayon.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also revealed that other essential health workers, such as medical technicians, are not even included in the list of medical frontliners who are warranted financial aid under RA No. 11519.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Luke\u2019s Medical Center Employees Association president Jao Clumia also has the same dissatisfaction and will for a mass resignation. According to him, St. Luke\u2019s was initially able to provide the benefits. However, when the hospital allegedly became short on funds, the allocation of benefits was discontinued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, the DOH on Saturday appealed to the health workers. The department said that they are willing to listen to the frontliners\u2019 vexations and demands. Nonetheless, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire warned in a public hearing that such a protest may aggravate the country\u2019s coronavirus response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The DOH\u2019s reaction was made days after the Commission on Audit (COA) released its annual audit report on DOH that noted a deficiency of more than \u20b1 67.3 billion worth of coronavirus response funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Featured image courtesy of Philippine Medical Students’ Association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The unfulfillment of the \u2018discriminatory\u2019 RA No. 11519 or \u201cBayanihan 2\u201d \u2014 which intends to give financial aid to medical frontliners \u2014 impelled nurses and other health workers, especially in the private sector, to consider mass resignation as a form of protest against the Department of Health (DOH) and the Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[122],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/224872205_2617431775220052_2836072382653022535_n-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1860,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/08\/28\/duterte-receives-september-1-ultimatum-from-overworked-underpaid-health-workers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":0},"title":"Duterte receives September 1 ultimatum from overworked, underpaid health workers","author":"Staff","date":"28 August 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Government critics and health workers also demand that the incompetent Health Secretary Francisco Duque III resign immediately. Filipino Nurses United (FNU) Secretary General Jocelyn Andamo said they will push through with their protest on September 1, Friday, to assert the demands of health workers for their unreleased special risk allowance\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/news\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/filipino-nurses-motorcade-protest-october-8-2020-001-1627559107785-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/filipino-nurses-motorcade-protest-october-8-2020-001-1627559107785-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/filipino-nurses-motorcade-protest-october-8-2020-001-1627559107785-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/filipino-nurses-motorcade-protest-october-8-2020-001-1627559107785-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/filipino-nurses-motorcade-protest-october-8-2020-001-1627559107785-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2162,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/09\/13\/students-and-teachers-stage-protests-as-briones-hails-victory-and-success\/","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":1},"title":"Students and teachers stage protests as Briones hails “Victory and Success”","author":"Staff","date":"13 September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Students, teachers, and other sectors intensify their calls for the safe reopening of classes, especially with the increasing number of youth unable to access quality education, while also echoing demands for vaccine roll-outs, effective contact tracing and mass testing, and financial aid provision to the masses. Parents, teachers, and rights\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/news\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-6-1-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-6-1-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-6-1-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-6-1-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-6-1-1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-6-1-1.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2115,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/09\/11\/ayuda-para-sa-mga-mag-aaral-ipinagpaliban-sa-2022-budget-ng-ched\/","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":2},"title":"Ayuda para sa mga mag-aaral, ipinagpaliban sa 2022 budget ng CHED","author":"Staff","date":"11 September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Iginiit din ni De Vera na inilagay ng ahensiya ang pondong pang-ayuda sa Bayanihan Act 3 sa paniniwalang mas madali at mas maaga itong maipapatupad kaysa sa 2022 General Appropriation Act (GAA). Subalit higit tatlong buwan matapos maipasa ng kongreso ang nasabing panukala noong Hunyo 1, 2021 ay hindi pa\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/news\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-8-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-8-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-8-2.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-8-2.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-8-2.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-8-2.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1978,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/09\/06\/tama-lang-dahil-tama-na-a-filipino-nurses-perspective-on-recent-mass-protests\/","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":3},"title":"TAMA LANG DAHIL TAMA NA: A Filipino Nurse\u2019s Perspective on Recent Mass Protests","author":"Staff","date":"6 September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"With the rapid escalation of COVID-19 cases and the dominance of the Delta variant that threatens to overwhelm the country\u2019s healthcare infrastructure, most especially our medical frontliners, it is only just that our health workers receive the benefits they deserve. They are certain to continue demanding until the government finally\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/news\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-4-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-4-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-4-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-4-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-4-1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-4-1.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1313,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/05\/28\/cheds-flexible-learning-policy-questioned-as-groups-push-for-ligtasnabalikeskwela\/","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":4},"title":"CHED’s flexible learning policy questioned as groups push for #LigtasNaBalikEskwela","author":"emdeborja","date":"28 May 2021","format":"image","excerpt":"Various groups challenge CHED to \"listen to the demands of the student body and comprehensively plan and implement the gradual and safe reopening of schools. \" UP Diliman Political Science professor Jan Robert Go tweeted his criticism of CHED Commissioner Popoy de Vera's pronouncement that flexible learning was adopted as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Quick Pops"","block_context":{"text":"Quick Pops","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/quick-pops\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_1859-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_1859-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_1859-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_1859-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_1859-1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_1859-1.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2342,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/09\/17\/cruel-work-conditions-force-healthcare-workers-to-seek-other-options-amid-raging-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":5},"title":"Cruel work conditions force healthcare workers to seek other options amid raging pandemic","author":"Staff","date":"17 September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Nurses in Dr. Jorge P. Royeca Memorial Hospital (DJPRMH) in General Santos are made to wear diapers due to an imposition of a no bathroom break policy to cut costs in personal protective equipment (PPE). Nurses and healthcare workers\u2019 (HCW) working conditions continue to worsen as COVID-19 cases skyrocket due\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/news\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-15-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-15-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-15-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-15-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-15-1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sinag-web-banner-15-1.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":122,"user_id":9,"is_guest":0,"slug":"csspsinag","display_name":"Staff","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/194807626fee183640d3de57e788ba7c8c0d40bd86bfc1237bed56bcd3832c1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"