Medical workers' allowances for corona19 are expected to be doubled.

Today's (11th) morning Congressional Health and Welfare Committee Budget Settlement Subcommittee reviewed additional revisions to Corona19 and passed a plan to double the dispatched medical staff.

Earlier, the government decided to use the government reserves for medical staff dispatched to Daegu and Gyeongbuk, which are designated as special infectious disease management areas, to support the activities allowances and living support expenses at the MERS level.

However, as the supplement was organized, the National Assembly agreed to increase the medical staff's allowance, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare agreed with it and said, "We will make a compensation system for the hard work of medical workers suffering on the spot." .
As a result, the daily allowance of medical staff is 500,000 won to 800,000 won for private workers, 300,000 to 500,000 won for nurses, and 120,000 to 240,000 won for doctors in public, and 70,000 for nurses. It is expected to rise to 140,000 won from the circle.

The preliminary committee on this day will also consider increasing the additional budget to compensate for the loss of medical institutions caused by the government's countermeasures against infectious diseases and the business of financing management funds to medical institutions that are having difficulty in renovating and operating facilities due to the spread of Corona19. The expected.

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