The News Is Not Good, There Are Still 100,000 Nakes On The Wait List Of Incentive Payments

Health workers record COVID-19 patients who have just arrived at the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital (RSDC), Wisma Atlet, Kemayoran, Jakarta, Wednesday (5/5/2021). (Photo: M Risyal Hidayat / Antara)

JAKARTA - About 100,000 health workers are still on the waiting list for incentive payments from the government, according to Secretary of the Health Human Resources Development and Empowerment Agency of the Ministry of Health, Trisa Wahyuni Putri. "We have given incentives approximately 60,000 in accordance with recommendations from health facilities (health facilities). not more or less 100,000 are in the queue, "he said in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Saturday, May 8." In 2021 we still pay approximately 60,000 health workers. Because for 2021 we pay incentives based on proposals, so we are waiting for suggestions from the health facilities. health facilities, "he added. Trisa said that this year incentive payments for health workers were made based on proposals for health facilities (which were submitted through applications. In addition, he continued, according to recommendations from the Corruption Eradication Commission) incentives for health workers would be transferred directly to account of each health worker The preparation of the incentive payment infrastructure, including data collection on the account numbers of health workers who received incentives, was only completed on April 202. Trisa hopes that the application for the disbursement of incentive funds for health workers can be immediately approved so that incentives for health workers can be paid immediately.

The Ministry of Health is also in the process of disbursing funds to pay for volunteer incentives at the Jakarta Athletes' Wisma COVID-19 Emergency Hospital (RSDC). RSDC health worker incentive arrears in December 2020, according to Trisa, will be paid this week. Meanwhile, the disbursement of incentive funds for the January-March 2021 period is still in process. Field Commander of the Jakarta Athletes Guesthouse, Lieutenant Colonel Laut, Muhammad Arifin appreciated the Ministry of Health's efforts to resolve the issue of volunteer incentive payments. Arifin said that he had informed volunteers about a policy change that made incentive payments volunteers for December 2020 are late. "I always tell you that here we are volunteers. This means that the basic word is volunteers are willing, they join here because of their willingness to help humanity," he said.