NANAWAGAN ang isang lider ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso sa Department of Budget and Management (DBM) na agad ipalabas ang basic salary increase ng government nurses tulad ng ipinag-uutos ng Kongreso at ng Korte Suprema.
Ayon kay House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero, ang mga nurse ay karapat-dapat lamang na tumanggap ng umento sa gitna ng banta ng coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) kasabay ng kanyang panawagan para sa tamang pagpapatupad ng Republic Act 9173 o ang Philippine Nursing Act of 2002.
Nakasaad sa batas na ang minimum base pay para sa mga nurse na nagtatrabaho sa government hospitals at health institutions ay dapat magsimula sa salary grade (SG) 15 o P31,545 per month.
“It is important that we now finally adjust the compensation for nurses in hospitals run by the national government in the wake of the novel coronavirus menace. Our nurses play a vital role in attending to infected patients and preventing the spread of the deadly virus,” ani Romero.
“Let us now end that long wait by giving them what the law has entitled them to almost two decades back. The Supreme Court has upheld the law and Congress has provided the necessary funds for the higher salary of nurses,” dagdag pa niya.
Noong Oktubre ay kinatigan ng Korte Suprema ang validity ng isang probisyon ng RA 9173 na nagtatakda sa minimum pay para sa government nurses mula SG 11 hanggang SG 15.
“This means that our lowest-paid nurses in national government-run hospitals should be getting PHP9,737 more in basic monthly salary. As of their last payday, they have not received their pay increase,” ani Romero.
Aniya, naglaan na ang Kongreso ng P3.2 billion sa 2020 national budget para sa umento ng mga nurse.
“Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano made sure funds were included in the budget for carrying out the Supreme Court decision. Even before other lawmakers spoke on this issue, the Speaker had assured us that the salary of government nurses would be increased in compliance with the ruling,” sabi pa niya.
“All the DBM now had to do is to implement the mandate of Congress and the SC ruling.” PNA
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