Senator Bong Go on Thursday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for approving the provision of meals, accommodation and transportation (MAT) benefits for qualified healthcare workers (HCWs) in the form of cash equivalents.
“Mahirap maging healthcare worker lalo na sa panahon ngayon. Hindi basta-basta ang trabaho nila kaya dapat natin ibigay ‘yung dapat ibigay na mga allowances na nararapat sa kanila bilang mga frontliners,” the senator said.
“Napakaliit na halaga ito para sa kanilang serbisyo sa ating mga kababayan. Sila ang isinabak natin sa giyerang ito kaya dapat hindi natin sila pabayaan,” Go said.
On Thursday, he said that the President has approved the release of the benefits in the form of cash equivalents to 423,314 HCWs nationwide.
The benefit can now be released in cash equivalents of around P3,500 per month.
The chair of the Senate health committee earlier urged the executive to provide immediate applicable benefits to health workers in the most convenient and efficient way possible.
Notably, the Department of Health was instrumental in requesting the Office of the President for the monetization of MAT benefits, heeding the clamor of the healthcare workers.
Go supported and pushed for the proposal saying, “kung ano ang pinaka-makakatulong at maginhawa sa kanila, iyon ang ibigay natin.”
“Ako naman, ipaglalaban ko ang ating mga frontliners sa kahit anong paraan, bilang Senate committee chair on health. Ipaglaban ko what is due o kung ano dapat na ibigay sa kanilang lahat,” he said.
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