70 Percent Of Bedouin Residents Experience Skin Diseases, ARI And Maag

Bedouin residents undergo a joint health check/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Bedouin residents underwent free health checks at the Seba Badui activity which took place at the Banten Province State Building, Saturday, May 18. The results of the examination showed that 70 percent of Bedouin residents suffered from skin diseases, upper respiratory tract infections (ARI), and ulcers. "Almost 70 percent of residents suffer from skin diseases, skin diseases, but accompanied by the rest of the ISPA, there are ulcers caused because they are late in eating their stomachs so they are hot," said Head of the Banten Province Health Service (Dinkes), Ati Pramudji Hastuti, quoted from ANTARA, Sunday, May 19.

Ati Pramudji also said that the enthusiasm of the Bedouin community was extraordinary in participating in this free health check. "We have prepared as many as three doctors and three nurses, and the enthusiasm of the Bedouin community is extraordinary, which means that their awareness of the importance of health has entered their hearts," he said. In addition, Ati admitted that she had coordinated with the Lebak District Health Office and the Puskesmas in the local area to carry out further examinations and details regarding the illness suffered by the Bedouin residents. "Why do they suffer from skin diseases so we will check their environmental conditions including how clean water sanitation access is there, because this is very important when it is currently being treated but the environment has not improved, so it's still," he said.

Meanwhile, a Bedouin resident, Usman, admitted that he had checked his health condition because he complained of stomach pain in the solar plexus. "It hurts in the stomach, he said, you can't drink mostly coffee," he said. It is known that based on the results of the examination, apparently the complaints were caused by MAG. He admitted that he felt helped by this free health post. This is because in his hometown in Kanekes Village, he just spent quite a long time on treatment. "It's helped, because if you want to get treatment, it's quite far away, to the Puskesmas it's about 50 kilometers more than my village," he said.