Childbirth Money Makes Twin Babies Of Pesisir Selatan Residents Detained In Hospitals, Regency Government Intervenes

Twin babies with their mother, a resident of Pesisir Selatan, had problems with childbirth. (ANTARA/Pessel Regency Government)

SUMBAR - The twin babies of Pesisir Selatan are detained at the hospital (RS) because their parents do not have money to pay for childbirth costs. The Pesisir Selatan Regency Government intervened. The Regional Secretary (Sekda) of the Pesisir Selatan, Mawardi Roska, said that the Regency Government had redeemed the twins from the Bhakti General Hospital for Public Health (BKM). According to him, this was in accordance with the instructions of the Regent Rusma Yul Anwar "Last night we helped heal the baby so that the baby could be brought home," he said in Painan, Pesisir Selatan, West Sumatra, Friday, October 20, which was confiscated by Antara. Currently, he said, the twins are receiving further treatment at the M. Zen Painan Regional General Hospital. That's because of his health condition that has not allowed him to go home. "We hope that the baby's condition will improve soon. His health continues to be monitored by pediatricians," he said. He said the South Coast Regent asked the technical office and a number of other regional apparatus to immediately resolve it, so that it would not become a burden for the community. According to the Regional Secretary, the health sector is part of the main vision and work program of regional heads in realizing the improvement of the quality of human resources that have been stated in the 2021-2026 RPJMD. In addition, this year's district government has also prepared 37,500 KIS quotas (healthy Indonesian cards) financed by the APBD to expand the health safety net for underprivileged communities. Thus, the number of Pesisir Selatan communities who already have health service guarantees reaches 85 percent of the total population of 516 thousand regions nicknamed the One Million Pesona Country.

He said the Regency Government would expand health insurance in 2024 to 98 percent of the total population, even 100 percent, so that no more people will be hampered by health costs. "The priority is that pregnant women, because they are healthy, they must be from the womb," said the Regional Secretary. Previously, one of the housewives in Nagari Limau Gadang Lumpo, IV Jurai District, Sistri could only cry when her twins were detained by the BKM General Hospital for not being able to pay the cost of childbirth. She admitted that she had been detained by the BKM Sago hospital for 15 days, because she was unable to pay the delivery fee of Rp36,657,800, even her husband had tried to make a poor certificate, but there were no results. He expressed his gratitude to the Regent of Pesisir Selatan and his staff for providing assistance in redeeming the cost of the delivery.