The awards, settlements and incentives are type of the government’s gratitude to those who risk their lives in satisfying their duties to handle the COVID-19
Jakarta – Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has actually bestowed awards to honor medical workers who passed away while performing their duties to deal with COVID-19 clients and given out cash settlement to their households.
” Let me use our deep sorrow and high honor to all medical employees who had actually worked hard and extremely devoted themselves to eliminate versus the COVID-19,” he stated in a press declaration of the Health Ministry on Friday.
The awards and cash payment were handed over to the families of late dr Adi Mirsaputra, Sp. THT working for Restu Kasih Rumah Keluarga Health center and late dr Mikhael Robert Marampe working for Permata Bunda Medical Facility in Bekasi, West Java.
The minister stated he represented President Joko Widodo to turn over the cash payment and bestow the awards to honor the medical workers who passed away while satisfying their duties to consist of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state will not forget the services of medical employees who have died of the COVID and are still fighting versus the spread of the virus, he said.
” Let us hope that this non-natural disaster will pass quickly,” he included.
The minister also symbolically turned over rewards to an anesthesiologist of Fatmawati Hospital in Jakarta for the medical employees of the medical facility.
Head of the Personnel Advancement and Empowerment of the Health Ministry Prof dr Kadir stated the ministry likewise made payments for claims from medical facility dealing with COVID-19 patients. at the healthcare facility
” The awards, compensations and incentives are form of the government’s appreciation to those who risk their lives in satisfying their responsibilities to handle the COVID-19,” Kadir stated.
Previously, the federal government likewise bestowed the “Bintang Jasa” (Stars of Service) awards to honor physicians and nurses, who died while satisfying their tasks to deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
” These awards mark our deep sorrow (for the fallen health employees) and greatest respect for all medical workers, who are at the leading edge in the battle of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia,” presidential representative Fadjroel Rachman mentioned here recently.
President Joko Widodo presented the 22 Stars to the households of the 13 medical professionals and 9 nurses, who passed away in the line of duty.
Of the 22 medical workers, 9 were honored with the Pratama (Main) Star awards, while 13 existed the Nararya (Glorified) Stars.
Indonesia reported 2,317 extra healings from the COVID-19 on Friday (August 21), taking the total tally to 102,991, according to the Job Force for the Handling of COVID-19
The number of brand-new cases touched 2,197, bringing the across the country COVID-19 case count to 149,408, Meanwhile, with 82 more people catching the virus, the death toll reached 6,500
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