According to the EFF 90% of the cover – which kicked in at the beginning of April and ends in December - would not have been used when it expires in eight months. kgmadisa
According to the EFF 90% of the cover – which kicked in at the beginning of April and ends in December - would not have been used when it expires in eight months.
The party’s spokesperson Delisile Ngwenya said if Old Mutual was concerned about the well-being of the healthcare workers they would put the R4bn towards measures to prevent their deaths or towards increasing their salaries. “We must reject the idea of waiting for people to die before helping them,” Ngwenya said in a statement on Monday.“We should not wait for healthcare workers to die before showing our appreciation for the self-sacrifices they demonstrate to fight the deadly virus. All contributions should aim to prevent them from death itself or show our appreciation to them whilst they are alive.”
This comes after the financial services provider last week announced they were making available a R4bn cover for over 430,000 registered healthcare workers who are at the frontline in the fight against the global pandemic Covid-19 at no cost to them. Healthcare workers are at a higher risk of contracting the virus and the health department has reported that a number of them have already been infected.Ngwenya said the EFF was unimpressed with the pledge as there has been no evidence of high mortality rate of healthcare workers anywhere in the world.
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