Muhammadiyah Plans To Develop Clinics In Papua To Become Hospitals

Illustration. Muhammadiyah PP Building in Menteng, Central Jakarta. (Between)

JAKARTA - Muhammadiyah Central Leadership (PP) will develop the Muhammadiyah Islamic Clinic which is located in Merauke, Papua, into a hospital.

"Good practice of establishing the hospital will also be carried out in East Nusa Tenggara," said PP Muhammadiyah General Chair Haedar Nashir in a statement received in Jakarta, Friday, July 7, confiscated by Antara.

Muhammadiyah's organization is currently recorded to have 125 hospitals throughout Indonesia. In the near future this number will increase, especially in the Papua region and the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) region.

Haedar said the increase in the number of Muhammadiyah hospitals in Papua and NTT was an aid to ease the duties of the government constitution.

Muhammadiyah realizes that the constitutional task is not light, so it is necessary for various parties to participate in building the nation.

"We know that the DNA of Muhammadiyah residents, including Aisyiyah, is giving," he said.

According to him, the DNA given by Muhammadiyah was stated by KH Ahmad Dahlan.

He said the religious material teachings sourced from the Qur'an for Kiai Dahlan were not sufficiently memorized, but were also practiced to help alleviate the problems of the Indonesian nation, which was still under colonial condition.

"Islam, which is realized and understood by Kiai Dahlan, is the one who answers the problems of humanity, the environment, and the developing situation," he said.

Therefore, he invited all members of Persyarikatan Muhammadiyah to move forward to realize an advanced Islam by maintaining the spirit of Al Maun which was guided by Muhammadiyah.

"Let us advance this Muslim, let us advance this Indonesian nation with the responsibility of the cooperation we have," he said.