Private health care workers on Thursday called for the resignations of top government officials for bungling the release of their mandated health emergency allowances (HEA).
鈥淗ealth Secretary Teodoro Herbosa and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman should resign for their negligence and dismissing the plight of health care workers in the country,鈥� said Edgar Aran of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Employees Association, as members of the United Private Hospital Unions of the Philippines (UPHUP) staged a protest outside the Department of Health (DOH) regional office in the National Capital Region.
鈥淭he fund has been with you (DOH) since January. What鈥檚 the reason why you have not given the HEA for private hospital workers?鈥� UPHUP spokesperson Ronald Richie Ignacio said.
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UPHUP members complained that the current situation was 鈥渕ired in confusion,鈥� as both the Department of Budget and Management and the DOH engaged in a 鈥渂lame game鈥� which caused the delay. 鈥擠EXTER CABALZA