Perdana Campaign In Merauke, Ganjar Promotes One Village One Puskesmas Program

Ganjar Pranowo's presidential candidate was greeted by a gatzi dance accompanied by a Tifa sound boom at the Waninggap Nango Village Hall, Merauke, South Papua, Tuesday (28/11/2023). ANTARA/Abdu Faisal

MERAUKE - Presidential Candidate Ganjar Pranowo reiterated the plan for the work program 'one village, one health center' at the Waninggap Nango Village Hall, Merauke, South Papua.

"Health facilities are so important, one village has at least one auxiliary health center. One package of health facilities, one doctor is grateful, so it will be able to solve transportation and connectivity problems that can make it easier for residents to seek treatment," said Ganjar as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 28.

This statement was made by Ganjar after listening to the difficulties of the people in RT03 Kondo Village, Merauke Regency, precisely in Korkari Hamlet which is directly adjacent to the Papua New Guinea country.

A local youth figure, Pastor Leonard Batfeny, said that pregnant women had difficulty giving birth in their environment because there were no health facilities, at least in the form of auxiliary health centers.

"What is needed is a health house. We will not promise and will not promise, but believe me we will communicate so that later there will be good hands with the value of mutual cooperation which hopefully can help open the auxiliary health center in Korkari Hamlet," said Ganjar.

Ganjar also made Pastor Leonard's story an important note for the government in the future, how to act quickly to overcome the difficulties of society in the midst of its limitations.

"Pendet Leonard helped the delivery process with knowledge that he only studied through Youtube, of course this is a note for us that the government must be present to overcome community problems," said Ganjar.

To prove his commitment, Ganjar also handed over two medical devices to the Indigenous Chair in the form of a first aid box and a blood pressure measuring device as a symbol.

Previously, Ganjar admitted that the availability of adequate health facilities in Indonesia was not evenly distributed and there were still many people in villages who were forced to seek treatment at shamans due to lack of access to health.

For this reason, when filling a national lecture at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) University of Indonesia, Ganjar has a future target if he is elected as President of the Republic of Indonesia, the one village program, one health center and one doctor must be fulfilled.

"So that people can easily access health facilities wherever they are," he said at the Purnomo Prawiro UI Multipurpose Center on Monday (18/9).