Prepare Funds Of IDR 80 Million From DAU, Mukomuko Regency Government Brings 15 ODGJ To Medical Treatment To Bengkulu Mental Hospital

Personnel from the Mukomuko Regency Satpol PP Service have arrested ODGJ who roamed in this area, Friday (11/25/2023) ANTARA/Ferri.

MUKOMUKO - Mukomuko Regency Government, Bengkulu, this year prepared operational funds to deliver as many as 15 people with mental disorders (ODGJ) for treatment at a mental hospital in Bengkulu City. "The preparation of funds for operations to deliver 15 ODGJ for treatment at a mental hospital this year is Rp. 80 million, sourced from general allocation funds (DAU)," said Acting Head of the Mukomuko District Social Service, Fitriani Ilyas in Mukomuko, Antara, Monday, July 3. The Mukomuko Regency Government annually allocates a budget for operational costs for officers to deliver ODGJ with rice from poor families seeking treatment to a mental hospital in Bengkulu City. This year, from the target of 15 ODGJs receiving operational assistance for treatment at a mental hospital in Bengkulu City, as many as six ODGJs have received this assistance. The Mukomuko Social Service still provides opportunities for families of residents classified as economically poor who need operational assistance for treatment at a mental hospital in Bengkulu City. Currently, the budget is still there for operational costs to deliver as many as nine ODGJs. He said, for the time being, the budget for operational costs to deliver ODGJ for treatment has not run out, so it does not require additional budget in the revised APBD. "We'll see first developments. If the budget changes for this activity are complete, we'll try to submit it, if it's not approved, can it be fruit because now we know the financial condition," he said.

So far, he said, whatever activities in this service are reported the condition of the service, then the local government budget team (TAPD) will assess whether it is necessary to add it or not. According to him, for the time being there is enough budget for operational costs to take ODGJ for treatment to the mental hospital in the capital city of Bengkulu Province.