A Netizen named Joie Cruz, daughter of a fallen C0VID-19 frontliner, posted on her Facebook account, her experience after her mother's struggle with C0VID-19:
"A few months before my mom passed away, she's been telling me about how long she and her co-nurses had been waiting for their C0VID hazard pay.
She and her co-workers were expecting about PHP 30,000+ for their C0VID hazard pay, based on the DOH announcement of PHP 500 per day for frontliners.
I went to her workplace to process some of her docs and to claim her benefits. I was told that her C0VID hazard pay is already available. Instead of the expected PHP 30,000+, what I received was PHP 7,000+.
Apparently, the C0VID hazard pay of the nurses in their public hospital has been reduced to just PHP 150 per day and on top of it were deductions that were not even properly explained by the hospital administration. In the end, it appears my mom was only given a freaking PHP 64.18 ($ 1.31) per day for her C0VID hazard pay for 41 days.
This issue is not about monetary value. This issue is about how governments lie and how we take for granted and exploit our frontliners in the face of this pandemic."
Joie also remembered how her mother was refused a swab test despite being exposed to a C0VID-19 patient since her rapid test revealed that she was negative for SARS-CoV-2, and her x-ray and ECG results were normal. Joie's mother lost her life shortly after she was intubated on July 21.
"This issue is about how my mom was treated way way below than what she deserves in a local public hospital where she worked in for more than 10 years - the first 4 years of those were without any salary," Joie continued.
Here's her full post:
A few months before my mom passed away, she's been telling me about how long she and her co-nurses had been waiting for their C0VID hazard pay. My mom was eager to receive her hazard pay because she said she was going to use it for Maxene's Groiler Home Learning Materials. She and her co-workers were expecting about PHP 30,000+ for their C0VID hazard pay, based on the DOH announcement of PHP 500 per day for frontliners.
My mom died before she even got her hazard pay.
Yesterday, I went to her workplace to process some of her docs and to claim her benefits. I was told that her C0VID hazard pay is already available. Instead of the expected PHP 30,000+, what I received was PHP 7,000+.
Apparently, the C0VID hazard pay of the nurses in their public hospital has been reduced to just PHP 150 per day and on top of it were deductions that were not even properly explained by the hospital administration. In the end, it appears my mom was only given a freaking PHP 64.18 ($ 1.31) per day for her C0VID hazard pay for 41 days.
This issue is not about monetary value. This issue is about how governments lie and how we take for granted and exploit our frontliners in the face of this pandemic.
This issue is about how my mom was treated way way below than what she deserves in a local public hospital where she worked in for more than 10 years - the first 4 years of those were without any salary.
We're just going through our grieving process, but to the people who played a key role in denying my mom a swab test after she was exposed to a C0VID-19 patient and who angrily cursed on my mom after I commented on a local politician's post last March that she and her co-workers were not given supplies and PPEs, we forgive you.
We forgive you, but we will NEVER FORGET. We will hold you accountable. We will make sure that all appropriate actions will be taken to hold you accountable. You know who you are.
Our mom's passing will not be in vain.
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Source: Joie Cruz
Source: The Philippine Times
