Hinanakit ng anak ng isang frontliner na nasawi sa COVID, siniwalat ang nakakadismayang hazard pay

 

Photos courtesy of Facebook @Joice Cruz and Inquirer

Nais lamang iparating ng isang anak at netizen sa hinanakit na nararamdaman nya bilang anak ng isang nurse na nasawi  sa COVID-19 dahil sa pagiging frontliner nito.

Ayon sa ating uploader na si Ms. Joie Cruz,nais lamang nyang ipaalam sa madla ang dahilan ng kanyang paglalabas ng sama ng loob ay hindi dahil para makuha ang tamang halaga ng hazardpay na dapat ay matatanggap pa ng kanyang inang pumanaw.

“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,” paghihimutok ni Joie.

Hindi nya nais siraan ang gobyerno dahil alam nya na ginagawa nito ang lahat ng kanilang makakaya para labanan ang pandemya.

Ngunit may ilan talagang hindi nakakatugon sa kanilang tungkulin na pati tuloy ang administrayon ay nadadamay sa kapalpakan ng iba.

Masama lamang ang loob ni Joie dahil sa sa di umanoy’ kasinungalingan ng pamamahala ng ilang opisyales ng gobyerno at pagsasawalang bahala nito sa buhay ng mga frontliners.

Ayon sa kaniyang Facebook post, ilang buwan bago yumao ang kaniyang ina, excited na ito na matanggap ang kaniyang hazard pay na sa tantiya nila ay aabot ng P30,000 base sa anunsiyo ng DOH na P500 kada araw.

Subalit sa kasamaang palad, nawala na ang kaniyang ina ay hindi pa nito natatanggap ang pera na ilalaan sana sa pagbili ng Groiler Home Learning Materials.

Matapos ang pagpanaw ng kanyang ina, pumunta siya sa ospital na pinagtatrabahuan ng kaniyang ina at dito niya nakuha ang hazard pay. Ngunit nakakalungkot isipin na ang inaaasahan nilang P30K ay halos P7K mahigit lang.

Kalaunan ay nalaman niya na naging P150 na lang ang P500 na dating inanunisyo ng DOH. Binawasan pa daw oala umano ito ng ospital ng mga hindi maipaliwanag na deductions kaya lumalabas na P64.18 na lang  kada araw ang hazard pay ng kaniyang ina sa loob ng 41 days  na pinagtrabahuan nito.

Kuwento pa ni Joie, humiling ng swab test ang kanyang ina ngunit tinanggihan lang ito matapos  ma-expose sa pasyenteng may COVID-19.

Pinagsalitaan pa daw umano nang hindi maganda ang kaniyang ina matapos magkomento sya sa post ng isang pulitiko dahil hindi sila nabigyan ng PPE.

Ganun pa man, pinatatawad na niya na ang mga taong ito na hindi naman binanggit ng ating netizen. Hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay nagdadalamhati pa rin sila sa pagkawala ng kanilang pinakamamahal na ina.

Bumuhos naman ang simpatiya at pakikiramay mula sa mga netizens ang nagbigay ng komento ang mga ito:

“Condolence Joie Cruz and family for the repose of the soul of your mom .May she rest in peace with our creator in heaven . They will be accountable for their corrupt actions to lie cheat & steal their benefits like Philhealth SSS GSIS funds”

“I am sorry for your loss..condolence to you and your family..may you and your family find strength in this trying times. May God bless you and your family”

Narito ang kabuuanng post ni Ms.Joie Cruz

“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 COVID 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 COVID 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 COVID hazard pay is already available. Instead of the expected PHP 30,000+, what I received was PHP 7,000+.

 

Apparently, the COVID 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 COVID hazard pay for 41 days.

 

This issue is not about monetary value. This issue is about how some government agencies 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 COVID-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."