This Is The First Time That Is Being Examined, Many Bali Students Are Declared Unhealthy

JAKARTA - The health of school children is one of the keys to forming an intelligent and productive generation. Realizing the importance of early detection of health problems at school age, the Bali Provincial Government through the Health Office implements the Free Health Check (CKG) program in schools.

This program is designed so that students can get a complete health check without having to pay, so there are no obstacles for them to get quality health services.

The CKG program was officially launched ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia, starting from SMKN 2 Denpasar with a target of 292 students, and previously it had reached 2,120 children at the elementary and junior high school levels in various districts/cities. The head of the Bali Health Office, I Nyoman Gede Anom, stated that although the moment of launch coincided with independence, this service will continue to run continuously.

Throughout Bali, this program targets around 740,000 students to get a health check at school. Health center officers are sent down to carry out 17 types of examinations within an average of 10 minutes per child. If an indication of the disease is found, students will be given referrals for further examinations.

According to Anom, most of the students are undergoing a complete medical examination for the first time. The initial results show that the problems that are often found are the lack of physical fitness and less ideal blood pressure due to the lack of exercise activity.

"So far, there has been no visible complaint report from students, but most of those who are in fitness are almost the children when asked that they have been exercising for not this week, the answer is not yet from there, meaning that they are considered unhealthy," he said, as quoted by ANTARA.

The implementation of CKG in schools does not encounter significant obstacles. Coordination with the Bali Education, Youth and Sports Office has been carried out to ensure student data to be examined. Local governments also encourage that this program be utilized as much as possible, not only by students but also by the general public.

Ahead of the celebration of independence, the program coverage was expanded by involving communities, schools, and all State Civil Apparatus (ASN) to conduct inspections at the puskesmas. Anom emphasized that the standard of examination at the puskesmas is equivalent to a hospital, so that people do not need to doubt the quality of service.

"We want to set an example that the CKG carried out by the puskesmas is the same standard as the hospital examination, so that people don't think why we were told to check with the puskesmas but civil servants elsewhere, so that's to maintain public confidence that health checks are important," he concluded.