REPORT NO.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 203

January 8, 2021 5 PM 08 January, 2021

COVID-19 RESPONSE: AUGMENTATION: EMERGENCY HIRING

Emergency Hiring of Health Personnel

Number of Hired Health Personnel per Region Number of HRH Hired per Priority Facility Number of HRH Slots and Hired per Cadre
No. of approved % hired over
Facility Type No. of hired HRH % Cadre No. of hired HRH
slots for hiring approved slots
No. of approved slots Total hired HRH per % hired over
Region COVID-19 Diagnostic Facility 1,588 12.39% Medical Specialist 275 155 56.36%
for hiring region approved slots
DOH Designated COVID-19 Referral Facility 695 5.42% Medical Officer 1,023 569 55.62%

NCR 4,814 3,373 70.07% Epidemiology and Surveillance Units 379 2.96% Nurse 6,119 4,502 73.57%

CAR 814 598 73.46% DOH Hospitals 6,002 46.82% Medical Technologist 2,199 1,839 83.63%

Region I 709 479 67.56% LGU and Other Hospitals 1,679 13.10% Radiologic Technologist 438 358 81.74%

Region II 464 298 64.22% Mega Ligtas COVID-19 Centers 249 1.94% Respiratory Therapist 322 224 69.57%

Region III 1,151 1,024 88.97% Primary Care Facility 0 0.00% Pharmacist 97 66 68.04%

Region IV A 967 929 96.07% Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility 2,025 15.80% Nutritionist-Dietitian 13 10 76.92%

Region IV B 244 216 88.52% Other Health Care Facility (Philippine Red Cross) 135 1.05% Science Research Specialist 25 25 100.00%

Region V 768 556 72.40% Private Health Facilities 67 0.52% Laboratory Technician 285 202 70.88%

Region VI 1,307 1,286 98.39% TOTAL 12,819 100.0% Others 6,379 4,869 76.33%

Region VII 1,245 850 68.27% TOTAL 17,175 12,819 74.64%

Region VIII 188 188 100.00%

Region IX 1,358 1,117 82.25% Summary of Fund Allocation for Emergency Hiring
Sub-alloted / Transferred
Region X 377 369 97.88% FUNDS AMOUNT % On-going Allotment % Remaining Allocation %
Amount
DBM Approved Amount on Emergency Hiring
Region XI 1,831 766 41.84% ₱1,744,517,385.00 ₱1,740,305,505.00 99.76% ₱4,211,880.00 0.24% ₱0.00 0.00%
of HRH for COVID-19 Response
Region XII 391 321 82.10% Repurposed Quick Response Fund ₱391,131,101.58 ₱375,999,529.98 96.13% ₱15,131,571.60 3.87% ₱0.00 0.00%
Region XIII 258 164 63.57% Repurposed 2019 HRH Fund ₱764,181,122.00 ₱487,049,640.31 63.73% ₱50,444,483.60 6.60% ₱226,686,998.09 29.66%
BARMM 289 285 98.62% TOTAL 2,899,829,608.58 2,603,354,675.29 89.78% ₱69,787,935.20 2.41% ₱226,686,998.09 7.82%
TOTAL 17,175 12,819 74.64% For inquiries on emergency hiring: hcwhiring@doh.gov.ph

As of 08 January, 2021, 5 PM, there are 12,819 HRH hired out of the 17,175 approved slots for emergency hiring in 374 health facilities. Of these, 12.39% in COVID-19 diagnostic facility (including reference laboratories), 5.42% in COVID-19 referral facility, 2.96% in Epidemiology and
Surveillance Units, 46.82% in DOH Hospitals, 13.10% in LGU and other hospitals, 1.94% in Mega Ligtas COVID-19 Centers, 15.80% in Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility, 0.00% in Primary Care Facility, 1.05% for other healthcare facilities (Philippine Red Cross), and 0.52% in
private health facilities.
The total funds allocated for HRH Emergency Hiring for COVID-19 Response is amounting to Php 2.8B. Php 1.7B from the DBM approved funds and Php 1.1B from repurposed funds. Of the total funds, Php 2.6B (89.78%) of which has already been sub-alloted to certain health facilities
(COVID referral hospitals, DOH Designated Diagnostic Facilities, and DOH Hospitals). The Php 69M (2.41%) amount is to be allocated once the Department approve the pending Memorandum of Agreement or Sub-Allotment Guidelines of other health facilities with approved health
personnel slots for hiring. The remaining balance of Php 226M (7.82%) will then be alloted for Health Facilities with future needs pertaining to HRH Emergency Hiring for COVID-19 Response.
COVID-19 RESPONSE: OTHER HRH AUGMENTATION: EMERGENCY HIRING
 REPORT NO.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 203

January 8, 2021 5 PM

COVID-19 RESPONSE: HRH REDEPLOYMENT AND DEPUTIZED PHYSICIANS

Temporary Redeployment of Human Resources for Health Deputized Physicians

Number of Deputized Physician Hired per

Number of HRH Deployed/ Redeployed for COVID19 Response Number of Deputized Physician Hired by Region
Priority Facility

Redeployed NDP Nurses for COVID-19 Services Post- Total Re-

Total No. of
Residency Deployed % hired over No. of hired
PHAs assigned No. of approved Hired
Region
Total No. of
Hospital - based Community - Total NDP in COVID19
Deployed NDPs, PHAs Region
slots for hiring Deputized
approved Facility Type Deputized %
NDP Nurses Physicians in and PRDP slots Physicians
response based response Redeployed Surveillance Physician
Hospitals physicians

NCR 328 84 121 205 466 24 695 NCR 0 0 0.00% Public Primary Care Facility 34 89.47%
Temporary Treatment and
CAR 509 0 484 484 212 25 721 CAR 0 0 0.00% 1 2.63%
Monitoring Facility

Region I 1,237 11 944 955 305 16 1,276 Region I 0 0 0.00% DOH Hospitals 0 0.00%

Region II 1,189 0 140 140 190 16 346 Region II 7 7 100.00% Other Health Facilities 3 7.89%

Region III 1,148 0 1,120 1,120 433 68 1,621 Region III 0 0 0.00% TOTAL 38 100%

Region IV A 1,921 127 99 226 405 92 723 Region IV A 0 0 0.00%

Deputized Physician
Region IV B 458 20 182 202 91 6 299 Region IV B 0 0 0.00%
As of January 8, out of the 49 approved slots, there are
Region V 1,666 102 143 245 206 19 470 Region V 16 11 68.75% 38 medical graduates who are given special authority
by the DOH to serve as Deputized Physicians. Of these,
Region VI 712 165 334 499 281 28 808 Region VI 7 7 100.00% 89.47% are assigned in public primary care facilities,
2.63% in Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility
Region VII 1,516 8 1,258 1,266 166 14 1,446 Region VII 9 5 55.56% and 7.89% in other health facilities.

Region VIII 1,770 134 898 1,032 175 20 1,227 Region VIII 0 0 0.00% Per Department Memorandum 2020-0169, Deputized
Physicians shall be assigned to priority areas such as at
Region IX 905 17 418 435 116 5 556 Region IX 1 1 100.00% primary care facilities (health centers, rural health units,
province/city health office, clinics and other similar
Region X 1,255 419 421 840 143 21 1,004 Region X 7 5 71.43% facilities), or temporary treatment and monitoring
facilities to assist in the early detection of possible
Region XI 770 0 544 544 138 27 709 Region XI 1 1 100.00% cases and facilitate appropriate referral following
standard algorithms provided by the DOH. The
Region XII 1,016 0 977 977 146 9 1,132 Region XII 0 0 0.00% engagement of medical graduates shall be a last resort,
i.e. when all efforts to recruit or hire licensed physicians
Region XIII 947 0 33 33 123 2 158 Region XIII 1 1 100.00% have been exhausted.

BARMM 1,413 167 1,145 1,312 276 1 1,589 BARMM 0 0 0.00%

TOTAL 18,760 1,254 9,261 10,515 3,872 393 14,780 TOTAL 49 38 77.55%

HRH Deployment

As of 4 January 2021, 5 PM, the DOH has redeployed a total of 10,515 NDP nurses (3,233 in Luzon and 6,938 in Visayas and Mindanao) from primary care facilities to participate in hospital based and
community-based COVID-19 response. Of these, 1,254 NDP nurses are deployed in DOH and LGU hospitals handling COVID-19 cases while 9,261 NDP nurses are deployed in their respective
communities involved in contact tracing and specimen collection (swabbing).

A total of 4,265 other deployed HRH under the DOH HRH Deployment Program are currently engaged in COVID-19 response. Of these, 3,872 public health associates are assigned in RESUs, PESUs and
MESUs who play active roles in contact tracing and surveillance. There are also 393 post-residency deployed physicians in priority health facilities.

Other HRH who are in their assigned areas continue to provide essential health services in primary care and are engaged in COVID-19 response, with focus on prevention of spread and surveillance in
communities.

COVID-19 RESPONSE: HRH REDEPLOYMENT AND DEPUTIZED PHYSICIAN