Good News For Health Workers, The Ministry Of Health Has Distributed Rp6.4 Trillion Incentives For Them

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has distributed incentives of IDR 6.4 trillion in the January to September 2021 period for health workers involved in handling COVID-19. health which is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health," said Plt. To the Human Resources Development and Empowerment Agency (PPSDM) of the Ministry of Health, Kirana Pritasari in a virtual press conference monitored from Jakarta, reported by Antara, on Monday, September 27. also explained that in addition to incentives there was also death compensation for health workers who died in handling COVID-19, with a total of Rp7.4 trillion distributed a combination of incentives and compensation. The distribution is carried out for those who are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Health with regional health service facilities to be paid for by the regional government.

In total, in 2021 the government has allocated incentives for health workers and death compensation of Rp. 9,078 trillion. Kirana expressed his appreciation for the efforts of health workers and volunteers involved in handling COVID-19 in the country. According to data in the January-September 2021 period, there were more of the 7,000 volunteers recruited by the Ministry of Health. With the current downward trend in cases, after a spike in the previous few months, there are around 4,300 volunteers who are still active in handling COVID-19. This number is volunteers under the Ministry of Health and does not include those recruited directly by health care facilities.