Health Secretary Francisco Duque III appealed to healthcare workers unable to work abroad to avail themselves of the emergency hiring program of the Department of Health (DOH) launched in April. 09-2020, which temporarily suspended the deployment of 14 categories of health workers because of the pandemic. ‘Patriotism’As of Wednesday, the DOH was able to fill 7,849 out of 10,468 posts available under its emergency hiring program. Under the emergency hiring program, nurses are to be paid P32,053 a month, while doctors can receive up to P75,359. Abenojar also pointed out the experiences recounted by health workers already hired by the government, including delayed salaries and hazard pay, and substandard working conditions.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 21, 2020 21:00 UTC