At a public health center in Daejeon, a corona19 screening clinic, medical staff are busy examining citizens who have visited. Freelancer Kim Seong-tae
It was confirmed on the 23rd that the government had delayed paying wages to medical staff dispatched to the front line to respond to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) due to lack of budget. Medical staff have continuously requested payment of unpaid wages, and the total amount of unpaid wages until last month was estimated to be 18.5 billion won.
Clinician Cho Myung-hee’s Office of the People’s Power, citing data submitted from the Central Accident Control Center (heavy copy), has 1431 medical staff dispatched to respond to Corona 19 until last January (255 doctors, 760 nurses, 165 nurse assistants, 251 support workers), and the total amount of unpaid wages was 1,852 billion won.
The daily wage applied to them is ▶ 350,000 won for doctors ▶ 200,000 won for nurses ▶ 100,000 won for nursing assistants ▶ 120,000 won for military doctors and public affairs ▶ 70,000 won for military nurses. Risk allowances and professional allowances are additionally paid to personnel dispatched to the private sector.
The government explained that there was a delinquent wage due to lack of budget. As the number of patients surged from December last year to last month, the number of dispatched personnel also increased significantly, and the budget was exhausted. An official from the heavy water supply said that it is in consultation with the financial authorities to secure a shortfall in reserves to resolve the problem.
Local governments that have to pay their own wages are also in a difficult situation. Local governments asked for salaries to be paid to the heavy-duty copy, but only the principle answer was returned that they plan to secure the budget and pay them in early February-March.
Rep. Cho said, “While the Moon Jae-in administration is investing a lot of budget to promote K quarantine, the salaries of medical staff struggling at the forefront of the COVID-19 field are in arrears.” Pointed out.
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