DBM releases ₱1.

185B for health workers’ special risk allowance

By CNN Philippines Staff

Published Jan 21, 2022 5:44:30 PM

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 21) — The Department of Budget and Management has released the
amount of ₱1.18 billion to serve as additional funds for special risk allowance (SRA) of medical frontliners who
are handling COVID-19 patients, it said Friday.

The release came after President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of the funding request, the agency’s statement
read.

The funds will cover 63,812 eligible public and private health workers who are directly attending to patients
who contracted the virus.

“Overall, the DBM released a total of P11.856 billion, which benefitted 562,928 HCWs who shall receive an SRA
not exceeding P5,000 per month from December 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021,” it said.

Health workers have consistently called for the timely release of benefits allotted to them as the country
continues to grapple with the health crisis.

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