Friday, March 29, 2024

Government should pay Risk Allowances to medical personnel fighting COVID-19

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The Democratic Party has appealed to government to seriously consider giving risk allowances to front line medical personnel during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Party spokesperson Judith Kabemba says doctors and nurses are risking their lives and doing a lot hence there is need to give them this incentive.

Ms Kabemba said it can be proved and its evident that no amount of money can compesant for the risk that medical personnels are being exposed to, however, it is just noble to show appreaciation and care.

She has further appealed to government to seriously consider provinding enough Protective Personal Equipment to medical personnel in various hospitals so that they are consistently protected rather than the current situation where most hospitals do not have and medical personnels are only wearing them when there is an emergency.

Ms Kabemba has bemoaned a situation where front line medical personnel are ending up buying PPE to protect themselves which is unfair looking at the amount of money they get.

She says the current scarcity of PPE being experienced during this difficult time is unfortunate and Governments should look into the situation immediately.

Ms Kabemba said the DP continues to appreciate the services provided by health workers across the country to serve lives and only prays that government can look into their plight to lessen the burden.

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  1. Noble, appreciation and care. Those are words that you can’t associate the paya farmer party with. If they are failing to service debt , you think these thieves will give out such funds

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  2. The problem with people that have not worked in government is that they lack the understanding of intricate things. Even in the developed world supply of ppe is limited and there are shortages. Remember this is a global pandemic. It is not only affecting your small village. Let us be realistic

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  3. The govts in most African countries have money to pay allowances for the presidents and their ministers, ONLY. We are front line medical personel at our own risk in Zambia.

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  4. They have alot of money to pay huge allowances to potbelly Ministers linning up the Airport tarmac greeting bandit President Lungu….am sure you see these morons all the time at the Airport…its either seeing off or welcoming Bandit President Lungu

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  5. This will be like milking a dead cow Zambia. The Edgar Lungu’s government has no cash for such allowances, I’m telling you now that even printing the local currency (kwacha) costs foreign currency (dollars). Zambians are stuck on the middle of tarmac road the driver has abondoned the bus.

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  6. It is possible to pay allowances for the health workers but the problem is selfish leadership. I can give a proposal which practically and has been effected somewhere else, if the cabinet ministers can cut their salaries by 15% and give it to the health workers. Knowing these thieves who can agree not even Lungu himself?

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  8. You can not pay risk allowance to individuals that already knew what the job entails next Police officer will want that as well…instead of remittance of risk allowance let the govt provide adequate Personal Equipment Protection (PEP) which I doubt is adequate as Chilufya is very vague on such issues.

  9. It’s obvious those in the frontline need to be rewarded although the risk involved can’t be fully compensated. The problem is that the PF and UPND think it’s an election contest, how do you explain the wearing “Umuntu ni Lungu” attire or Mwaliteta and Nalumango taking hordes of cadres just to donate few cases of Yebo soap? Mwaliteta was even insulting the people that were supposed to host him!

  10. I don’t really condone some of the grz allowances. Just pay people good salaries overall and provide proper conditions of service. Hardship allowance yes, there is good argument. Some allowances create an unjustifiable descrepence in eaeninhs and not everyone has the opportunity to access them. Improve conditions of service for the whole industry!, develop skills and expertise, infrastructure and correct tools especially PPE.

  11. They are failing to pay salaries where are they going to get money to pay these allowances? Other countries the president’s and ministers have decided to take salary cuts so that whatever is saved can go to fight covid, not here.

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