Senate bill proposes higher pay, perks for gov't doctors

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Senate bill proposes higher pay, perks for gov't doctors

By Christina Mendez, The Philippine Star
Posted at 01/07/2013 8:16 AM | Updated as of 01/07/2013 1:25 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has proposed a bill that seeks to increase the salary and provide more benefits to government doctors to stop the exodus of Filipino physicians overseas to seek high-paying jobs.
Trillanes, chairman of the Senate Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization, filed Senate Bill 319 that seeks to address the shortage of doctors which affects health services in the country.
The basic wage of doctors in provincial and municipal hospitals is about P26,878 a month or salary level grade 16 while doctors employed by the Department of Health (DOH) get P39,493 a month or salary grade 21.
“The present salary scale does not do justice to our hardworking doctors who have spent years in their studies and whose duties go beyond the normal eight-hour workload,” Trillanes said.
He said the minimum salary of state physicians should not be lower than salary grade 27 or P62,670.
Trillanes said the sad situation has prompted doctors to leave the country and seek employment abroad.
The World Health Organization (WHO) had tagged the Philippines as the second largest exporter of physicians next to India.
“Consequently, the exodus of doctors in the last five years is exacting a toll on the country’s already second-rate health service. The ratio of doctor vis-à-vis patients in the Philippines is one doctor per 28,493 patients, a far cry from the ideal 1 is to 1,000 ratio prescribed by the WHO,” Trillanes said.
Trillanes is also pushing for an annual loyalty pay equivalent to P50,000 to government doctors who have rendered at least three consecutive years of service in the country.
The bill also provides for transportation allowance ranging from P10,000 to P18,000 depending on the municipality; food allowance ranging from P5,000 to P12,000 and medical allowance ranging from P5,000 to P10,000 per month.
Trillanes also seeks to provide educational grants not exceeding P200,000 to government physicians who have rendered at least five years of continuous service.



Source: Senate bill proposes higher pay, perks for gov't doctors | ABS-CBN News

[666satan]

i hope mapasar ni dayon oi...mao ni ang kinahanglan sa pinas...dli useless bill...

[lhorenzoo]

maypa , puslan man atong gobyerno sige og pangayo og impose og taxes sige saka ang bayranan sa taxes maayo pa ni nga balaod ,mupabor ko ani kay kaayuhan man ni siya ,lisod kaayo kong tanang mga mayng laki nato nga doctors tua na sa laing nasod tanan nanarbaho .

[Code Talker]

nindot ni nga balaod.

[Renz8]

I support this bill.......

[crossramz]

mayta supportahan ni sa minority ug majority para passed dayon.. Nagka decline na bitaw mga maayong doktor karon kay hurot na ug gawas. Hope naa sad sila scale from Famed to specialist.

[masakiton]

pwede i apil sa law nga i evaluate ang performance (labi na attendance ug punctuality)

[FAQ]

Ayy sus kay ting election na man !!! Don't forget he got caught for engaging a back door negotiation with China and according to the Brady Notes , it says kuno nga he said "no one cares about Panatag Shoal in the Philippines" . A former rebel who tried to overthrow the republic and ended up elected as a senator is just crazy -- only in da pilipins . Bisag onsaon ug tan-aw treason man intawn na maski you were rebelling against a particular administration because the republic was at stake . Gi amnesty pud ni Noy2x . Pagka way ayo politics sa Pilipins .

What if he was successful on either 2003 or 2007 , the Philippines could've been the next Cuba , North Korea or China .

[carbrill]

mayta di lang sad ang doctors apilon pd unta ang nurses rural health workers medtech pharmacist ug midwife... para sad di manghawa... mao naka pait kay ang mga health care provider kay gagmay kaau ang sweldo...

[Majesty]

Unta madayon ni sya na bill.