memo published by the public health agency earlier this month names October as the target date for the $2,000-premium promised to front-line health-care workers under the Essential Health Care Workers Program.That benefit — billed as a way to thank health workers for their service and sacrifice — was to be paid “after a four month period, beginning March 13,” according to a statement on the day it was first announced by the provincial government.That led many front-line workers to believe the cash would come this summer after the worst of the first wave had passed.“We work so hard to keep our patients, the general public, and our families safe.