Husband And Wife Of Bedouin Residents Free Treatment At RSUD Use BPJS PBI

The husband and wife couple Asmari (75) and Rania (70) are Bedouin residents in the interior of Lebak Regency, Banten, free outpatient treatment at the Adjidarmo Rangkasbitung Regional General Hospital (RSUD) using BPJS Health Contribution Assistance Recipients (PBI).

"We routinely seek out roads here every month using the BPJS PBI," said Asmari, when met at the Adjidarmo Rangkasbitung Hospital, Lebak, Saturday.

He has been doing treatment at Rangkasbitung Adjidarmo Hospital for the last five years to cure his illness.

In fact, he and his wife have been hospitalized twice.

The disease he is suffering from is shortness of breath as well as the heart and if the body is acute, it is difficult to move and cannot walk.

Likewise, his wife experienced complaints about the stomach and if it was acute, the condition of the body was weak and had no appetite.

Luckily, he said, he and his wife underwent free medical treatment and treatment, because they were included in the National Health Insurance (JKN) program through BPJS PBI.

"We are greatly helped by the JKN program so that it can ease the economic burden," said Asmari while stating that she has five sons and daughters.

Likewise, another Bedouin resident, Pulung (65) admitted that he every time he used BPJS PBI to get free health services.

"We are happy to have BPJS PBI because it gets free treatment," he said.

Chairman of the Coordinator of Volunteers for Friends of Indonesia (SRI) Muhammad Arif Kirdiat said that his party as a volunteer in Bedouin community settlements often conducts referrals to Adjidarmo Rangkasbitung Hospital and Banten Hospital using BPJS PBI.

However, if they do not have BPJS PBI, they can use an Incapable Certificate (SKTM) and can be referred to the Banten Hospital.

"We almost every week refer to Bedouin residents who smoke venomous snakes to Banten Hospital and Adjidarmo Hospital," he said.

Meanwhile, the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of the Lebak Regency Government, Budi Santoso, said that an estimated 98 percent or 1,470,198 people from 1,494,976 Lebak residents had entered the JKN program through BPJS Kesehatan.

"We are trying to target 100 percent of Lebak residents to enter BPJS participants, both independently and government assistance to increase the health level of the community," he said.*