Two Months Of Salary And Eight Months Of Unpaid BPJS Contribution, Health Workers In Medan: Pak Jokowi Help Us

A number of health workers on duty at Permata Bunda General Hospital, Medan, North Sumatra, held a demonstration.

JAKARTA - A number of health workers on duty at the Permata Bunda General Hospital, Medan, North Sumatra, held a demonstration. They demanded the hospital to give them their salary.

"Our salaries have not been paid for two months starting April, May and this is already June," said the action representative, Suhendri, as quoted by Antara, Monday, June 7.

In addition to salary arrears, he said the hospital had not paid BPJS Health contributions for eight months, and Jamsostek contributions for nine months.

"Because BPJS Kesehatan is in arrears, we cannot go anywhere for treatment. If there is an emergency situation, it is impossible for us to go to this hospital," he said.

He said that the problems experienced by almost all health workers had occurred since mid-2020. However, there has been no resolution from the management.

The hospital management only promised the health workers that it would be completed, even during Eid, the health workers only received THR, while salaries were not given.

"Since the ninth month of 2020 we have demanded this issue. They only reasoned that the condition of the hospital was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That reason did not make sense, because salary arrears had occurred since 2017," he said.

Meanwhile, Public Relations of Permata Bunda General Hospital Helmi S Putra responded to the delay in paying the salaries of the health workers due to declining hospital revenues during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Indeed, for the past two months we have not paid their salaries, why haven't we paid them because during this pandemic our cash flow has been disrupted," he said.

He said the management had met with representatives of health workers and stated that they would immediately resolve the issue of BPJS Kesehatan and BPJamsostek.

"The point is we are trying to solve it. Our management is trying as soon as possible," he said.*