5 Bedouin Children Positive For TBC Haven't Got Drugs From The Puskesmas, These Volunteers Bring From Qatar Or France

Indonesia must achieve the target of eliminating tuberculosis (TBC) by 2030. (Between/Arif Firmansyah/YU)

Friends of Indonesian Volunteers (SRI) are ready to bring in Tuberculosis or tuberculosis from foreign organizations to heal the Bedouin community in the interior of Lebak Regency.

"We have difficulty getting TB drugs from the puskesmas which oversees the Badui community area," said SRI Coordinator Muhammad Arif when contacted in Rangkasbitung, Lebak, Antara, Monday, September 23.

Five children of the Inner Bedouin in Cibeo Village, Kanekes Village, Lebak Regency, who have tested positive for TB until now have difficulty getting TB drugs.

His party has confirmed that the Head of the Lebak District Health Service (Dinkes) for treatment for the Bedouin community must go to the local health center.

The five children who tested positive for TB, he said, had been examined in early September 2024, involving IDI Serang and 21 students from the Faculty of Medicine Unjani Bandung. However, until now it is difficult to get TB treatment in the Bedouin area.

In fact, he continued, the TB drug was distributed for free to drink for 6-9 months without interruption.

If it is difficult to get TB drugs, his party is ready to bring in from foreign organizations, such as from Qatar and France.

They, he said, are ready to send TB drug assistance to the five Bedouin residents, because until now they have not received the necessary treatment.

"We have interviewed the village heads of the Bedouin people and they need TB drugs so that their condition does not decline so that they can cause death," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Daily Executive (Plh) of the Lebak Regency Health Office (Dinkes) Budi Mulyanto said that his party had instructed the Cisimeut Health Center officers to immediately take medicine to the Health Office in Rangkasbitung for the treatment of the five Bedouin children. In the positive TB was identified.

"We hope that the family can monitor them when taking drugs so that they don't cut them off for at least six months," said Budi.