Previously, the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), a group vocal about the health workers’ plight amid the ongoing pandemic, claimed that the hazard pay for health workers is deceptive and divisive. According to AHW, health workers are made to choose which hazard pay is better — the one indicated by the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers or the COVID-19 hazard pay. READ: Hazard pay for gov’t workers ‘deceptive,’ ‘divisive’ — health workers’ group“This issue is not about monetary value. AHW previously said that the government needs to hire more health workers to avoid a collapse of the healthcare system while assuring that the demands of health workers are met to prevent resignations. Our mom’s passing will not be in vain.”KGARELATED STORYDILG probes alleged cut in hazard pay of nurse who died of COVID-19For more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 13, 2020 17:25 UTC