Almost 900 health workers received payments from the SSIF in connection with COVID-19 and pneumonia
899 medical workers involved in the fight against COVID-19 received one-time social payments from the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter – SSIF) in case of infection with coronavirus infection or viral pneumonia. The SSIF also transferred payments to the relatives of 3 health workers who died as a result of the disease.
As previously reported, health workers who are entitled to the above payment are determined by special commissions at health departments of regions and cities of republican significance, based on the results of the examination of sick medical workers. The general set of applications is formed by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, after which the applications are forwarded to the “Government for Citizens” State Corporation NJSC for the formation of electronic layouts of cases, from where they are further sent to the SSIF for assigning payments.
As of 9:00 a.m. on August 26, the SSIF has assigned and disbursed funds for 899 applications in case of infection with COVID-19 or viral pneumonia and 3 applications in case of death.
In the context of regions, the largest number of payments in case of infection with COVID-19 or viral pneumonia was made to health workers from Nur-Sultan (120), Almaty region (85), Almaty (84), Akmola (80) and West Kazakhstan(67).
Let us recall that in accordance with the changes made on July 22 of the current year in the joint order of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 9, 2020. “On the approval of the Rules for the implementation of a one-time social payment to healthcare workers involved in anti-epidemic measures to combat coronavirus infection COVID-19, in the event of their infection or death from this infection,” the above payment is due to:
– medical workers in case of infection with coronavirus infection or viral pneumonia – 2 million tenge;
– families of these persons in case of their death from infection with coronavirus infection COVID-19, viral pneumonia – 10 million tenge.
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of Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan