Bedouin Residents Die As A Result Of Tuberculosis, Ministry Of Health Team Conducts Checks

Illustration of the Bedouin community (Between)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) team of the Republic of Indonesia checked the residents of the Inner Bedouin in the interior of Lebak Regency who were reported to have died due to tuberculosis or TB.

"We have deployed a team to the field to check that the Bedouin people died due to TB," said the Daily Executive (Plh) of the Director General of Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health. Anas Ma'ruf, MKM when contacted in Lebak, Banten, Saturday.

The government, in this case the Ministry of Health, is committed to finding as many TB cases as possible.

The discovery of the TB case was both carried out by the Regional Health Office as well as hospitals, clinics, health centers to volunteers.

This is because the government is working hard to find the TB case and if they are indicated positive, they will certainly undergo treatment for 6-12 months by involving the Drug Supervisory (PMO).

Therefore, his party checked that it was the Bedouin residents who died from TB disease.

The Bedouin patient died, said Sahabat Relawan Indonesia (SRI), because he did not get TB medicine from the puskesmas and the Lebak Health Office.

"We guarantee that all positive TB sufferers will get free treatment. Therefore, the case of death in Badui, what is the cause," he explained.

The Lebak District Health Office, Dr. Budi Mulyanto, said that his party had to ask for the TB drug from the Cisimeut Health Center to distribute it if a positive case of TB was found.

This is because the puskesmas does not have stock of TB drugs and distribution must and the Health Office.

"We are ready for the distribution of TB drugs after the local health center asked for a request for the drug," he said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Coordinator of the Friends of Indonesian Volunteers (SRI) Muhammad Arif said based on the results of the medical examination that Sanadi (16), a Bedouin resident, was positive for TB, because he had been diagnosed with taking a swab sample.

The health check was carried out by the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Serang Branch and students of the Faculty of Medicine Unjani Bandung on September 9, 2024, by visiting the Inner Bedouin area.

"We have asked the Cisimeut Health Center and the Lebak District Health Office, but there was no response," said Muhammad Arif.