Bad News From Tidore Archipelago City, Incentives For Health Workers From Last Year Haven't Been Paid

A health worker is doing a swab test. (Photo: Abdul Fatah/Antara)

JAKARTA - Acting Head of the Health Office (Dinkes) of Tidore Islands City (Tikep), North Maluku (Malut) Abdukarim Salasa stated, until now the incentive funds for health workers (nakes) from 2020 to 2021 have not been paid. "Indeed, for incentive funds For health workers who are in charge of handling COVID-19 starting from 2020-2021 at Tikep, they have not been paid through the 2020 Special Allocation Fund (DAK)," said Abdukarim Salasa when contacted from Ternate, reported by Antara, Saturday, August 7. He explained. , in handling COVID-19 and from cases due to exposure to COVID-19 to get incentives, health workers are only doctors and that is a central rule, namely per doctor they get Rp. 5 million.

Their incentive funds that have not been paid in 2020 are around 94 people and in 2021 starting from January-June as many as 51 people, the total number of incentives that have not been paid is 154 people, this is because there is a problem with DAK being sent from the Center at the end of 2020. Meanwhile, The Head of the Financial Planning Division of the Tikep Health Office, Yamin Saleh, said that the unpaid incentive funds, starting from October to November 2020, because at that time the additional DAK was already at the end of December 2020. In 2020, it automatically cannot make payments and until now it has not been paid, because it has not been included in the 2021 main budget. However, the budget in 2020 is around Rp. 3.7 billion for health workers incentives and death benefits for health workers who are exposed to COVID-19 as stated in the Technical Guidelines number 4239 of 2021 which was followed, they received various incentives. When asked about refocusing, it is not for health workers, but based on the Minister's circular addressed to local governments whose targets are DAU and DBH. and Rp. 10 million for teeth, Rp. 7 million for nurses and midwives, and 5 million for other health workers.