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Hospitals, hotels seek gov’t intervention to settle outstanding dues of Libya gov’t
By Raghad Zayed - Jan 11,2021 - Last updated at Jan 11,2021
Since the conflict in Libya broke out, the Kingdom has received Libyans seeking treatment and debts have been accumulating since 2012, according to sector representatives (JT file photo)
AMMAN The Private Hospitals Association (PHA) and the Jordan Hotels Association (JHA) have urged government intervention to settle outstanding Libyan dues that has reached some JD181 million.
Since the conflict in Libya broke out, the Kingdom has received Libyans seeking treatment and debts have been accumulating since 2012, causing many financial problems for Jordan’s health and tourism sectors, according to sector representatives.
Towards the end of last week, the HSE said that over 13,000 doses had been administered.
Vaccine supplies are an issue. Yesterday, the European Commission extended its contract to purchase another 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BionTech vaccine. This will double the EU order, but the second batch will not begin to be available until the second half of the year. There have been many questions this week as to whether the Commission bought too few vaccines in its first order.
Here, people want vaccination to be a military-style process, utilising the best of the public and private sector. As of now, GPs and pharmacists are not involved, but they are due to be at a later stage.
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The groups banded under the Leaders’ Forum, a national bipartite committee, said they have submitted a joint letter to PhilHealth dated December 15, 2020, calling for urgent resolution on issues surrounding the agency that have significant impacts on member-employers and workers.
In the said letter, the Leaders Forum, composed of business organizations – Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), and the Philippine Exporters Confederation (PHILEXPORT), and trade union federations, Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO), and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) – cited four main issues hounding the PhilHealth.
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