Lebak Regent Iti Octavia Asks For Additional Doctors To The Minister Of Health

LEBAK - The Regent of Lebak, Banten, Iti Octavia asked the Ministry of Health to add more general practitioners and specialists to improve public health services.

"The request was submitted to the Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin during a visit to vaccinations at the Bedouin Tourism Village," said Iti Octavia in Lebak, quoted by Antara, Thursday, October 14.

Until now, the Lebak Regency Government has a shortage of doctors, which has an impact on improving the health status of the community.

In addition, said Iti Octavia, it affects the achievement of vaccinations to prevent the spread of a new type of corona virus in the local area.

Currently, vaccination services in remote and remote villages can be served by nurses and midwives, but the responsibility must be a doctor.

"Until now, the realization of vaccination achievement is still low due to the shortage of doctors," he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Lebak District Health Office, Triatno Supiyono, said that currently there are 58 doctors on duty in 42 health centers in the area, consisting of 28 general practitioners and 25 dentists.

"We hope that the shortage of doctors can be fulfilled and at least one puskesmas will be handled by two doctors," he said.

Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, stated that so far the shortage of doctors can be assisted by midwives, the TNI, and the Police.

Because, he said, the solution to the problem of placing a doctor must be sufficiently familiar with the new rules.

The current Ministry of Health does not carelessly place doctors because there should be no element of coercion.

"We can be charged with violating human rights if we place doctors in remote rural areas. We will look for doctors whose hearts want to serve the community," he said.