A House chief on Friday known as for the passage of a invoice granting a P64,000 beginning month-to-month wage for presidency nurses.
House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan issued the assertion to mark the International Nurses Day, saying that House Bill 5276, which seeks to extend the wage of presidency nurses, is an pressing matter.
He mentioned the P64,000 month-to-month fundamental wage means the bottom base pay of nurses employed in public well being establishments can be bumped up by six notches to Salary Grade 21 as supplied underneath Salary Standardization Law of 2019
“We have to provide our nurses working in public health institutions with competitive salaries and benefits so as to entice them to continue their service to the Filipino people,” Libanan mentioned.
He cited the heroism of Filipino nurses and different well being professionals serving on the frontlines through the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have to improve the compensation and benefits of public physicians, nurses, medical technologists, midwives, and other health professionals if we want to discourage them from leaving for greener pastures abroad,” Libanan added.
House Bill 5276 is authored by Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, who mentioned in his explanatory notice the large variety of nurses migrating to different nations that gives extra advantages and privileges to their career poses a menace to the Philippine healthcare trade.
“Global health has evolved not only due to the emergence of new diseases but also because of the interconnected and interdependent world. To provide solution on the deplete on our skilled nurses, we must provide a competitive salary and benefit for them to enjoy and consider,” Rillo mentioned.
“Recognizing that policy is an essential part of the ecosystem of health sciences, this representation hereby earnestly sought the passage of this bill to attain the mandate of the duly constituted laws,” he added.—Llanesca Panti/AOL, GMA Integrated News
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