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Alert: Morocco will pay exceptional allowances for the benefit of health professionals

Exceptional allowances for the benefit of health professionals will be paid soon, after the study and determination of their amounts according to objective and transparent eligibility criteria, said Friday, the Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb.

In a statement from the Ministry of Health, Mr. Ait Taleb stressed that the decision to suspend annual leave of health professionals results from the epidemiological situation “worrying” of the Kingdom.

Regarding the payment of an exceptional allowance to health professionals, for their commitment and dedication to the health security of citizens, Mr. Ait Taleb explained that during meetings between the ministry and the most representative unions in the sector , it was agreed to pay these allowances after having determined the amounts and the eligibility criteria with complete objectivity and transparency, according to the responsibilities granted and tasks performed by each of the health professionals in their fight against Covid-19 at local, regional and central levels.

In addition, the government official informed union representatives of the positive interaction with this file by the Head of Government and the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Administration Reform, confirming that the calculation method adopted will be presented to the central unions, which will have 72 hours to study the proposals presented.

With regard to the suspension of annual leave for employees of administrations and establishments in the health sector on the basis of circular no.62 of 3 August 2020, addressed to medical establishments placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Ait Taleb underlined that the exceptional and alarming epidemiological situation of the Kingdom imposed an equally exceptional decision.

The aforementioned meetings, which have already been scheduled and postponed more than once, given the exceptional circumstances marked by the state of health emergency imposed since March and the instability of the epidemiological situation after the lifting of the confinement and relaxation of the measures taken in certain regions of the Kingdom, were an opportunity for the Minister of Health to highlight the great efforts made by the medical, nursing, technical and administrative staff.

He also praised the dedication of the medical profession which was on the front line in the fight against Covid-19, underlining the thanks sent by HM King Mohammed VI to all the nursing staff in Son on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Feast of the Throne.

This royal tribute encourages professionals to make more efforts to maintain the confidence that the Sovereign has placed in them, said Mr. Ait Taleb, noting the imperative to promote and enhance their achievements today and not reduce them to claims of circumstance.

In this sense, he called on the ministry and its social partners, as well as all stakeholders to work together, adopting all possible participatory mechanisms, in order to carry out the comprehensive reform of the health system and improve the financial and moral situation. of all health professionals.

In an exceptional and worrying epidemiological context, the minister sent an urgent invitation to the general secretaries of the national health federations, reporting to the most representative trade union centers, to organize dialogue sessions at the beginning of the week, the statement said, noting that these meetings began last Tuesday and continued throughout the week in a positive atmosphere and respect for all preventive and proactive measures decreed by the public authorities.

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