Ministry Of Health: Health Workers Who Receive Double Cooperative Incentives To Return Funds

ILLUSTRA TION / VOI

JAKARTA - Health workers are very cooperative in returning excess funds for the transfer of incentives for handling the COVID-19 pandemic, said a Ministry of Health official.

"So far, the health workers have been very cooperative in returning the double transfer," said Secretary of the Health PPSDM Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Trisa Wahyuni Putri, quoted by Antara, Monday, October 25.

When asked about the number of health workers who experienced double incentive transfers, Trisa said that it was being calculated through a coordination meeting with a number of related professional organizations.

"The health workers and health facilities are being mapped," he said.

According to Trisa, the Ministry of Health continues to communicate to explain the problems that occur as part of the transparency of public services.

"We continue to communicate to explain transparently so that they want to return the excess incentives so that they can be understood," he said.

Separately, the Head of the National Commission for Post-Immunization Adverse Events (Komnas KIPI) Prof. Hindra Irawan Satari said that the error in transferring health care incentives was a result of the inaccuracy of budget managers.

"This is an illustration that our data is messy even though we have adopted information technology, 4G networks, but still (wrong)," he said.

The man who also serves as the Immunization Task Force for the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) said that the number of health workers reported to the government was clear.

"What's difficult is that the number of doctors is clear, where the alumni come from, the place of work is also clear, the transfer period is wrong," he said.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has lasted for almost two years in Indonesia, still leaves the government unprepared in managing the budget, Hindra added.

"Without good data we cannot run the program. It is different from the number of homeless people, the number of health workers is clear," he said.

The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) found that there were 8,961 health workers who received double COVID-19 incentives.

On Friday, October 22, the Ministry of Health invited 447 representatives of hospitals and health centers in 31 provinces for a virtual meeting. The meeting was related to the announcement of double incentive payments to health workers who treat COVID-19 patients.