Gov’t promises to pay hospital staff owed risk pay Spread the love Hospital workers who are owed millions in risk allowance are keeping a close eye on the government, after it made a promise to resume paying them at the end of this month. The government has decided to resume risk payments to staff at the Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) who they owe a total of $3.7 million. Dozens of employees protested outside the hospital on Monday demanding answers. Yesterday morning, staff gathered inside the hospital’s auditorium to hear how the government plans to resolve the risk allowance payments owed to them for about a decade.