Minister Of Health, Budi, Provides Compensation For The Death Of Health Workers To 129 Inheritances

JAKARTA - Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin handed over compensation for health workers who died while on duty handling COVID-19 patients.

In his remarks, Budi said that this compensation was given to give appreciation and appreciation to health workers who have provided the best service in handling COVID-19 in Indonesia.

"Our deep grief on behalf of the Indonesian government for the families that are left behind. What we give, I think, cannot replace those who have left us", Budi said in a YouTube broadcast by the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Monday, April 19.

"But this is the utmost thanks and respect for the hard work of our brothers in fighting this pandemic", he continued.

Budi considered that the best thing that could be done by all parties to continue the service of the health workers who died was to continue to carry out health protocols.

"Let us continue the spirit, aspirations, hard work, and good service of the deceased so that what they want us to be able to solve, this pandemic", said Budi.

Today, 129 health workers are proposed to receive death benefits. This compensation is given to the family or the health worker heirs.

As of April 18, 2021, the proposed death benefits consist of 72 health workers who died in 2021 and 57 people who died in 2020.

Based on the proposal, the provinces that reported the most health workers dying from COVID-19 were East Java Province with 37 people, Central Java 34 people, and DKI Jakarta 20 people.

In 2020, the Ministry of Health has provided 196 death benefits to the heirs of health workers who died.

The nominal death benefit is IDR 300 million per health worker. This is stated in the Minister of Finance Letter Number S-239/MK.02/2020 regarding Monthly Incentives and Death Compensation for Health Workers Handling COVID-19.