Reasons For Security During The 2024 Pilkada, The Papuan Mountains-Middle Health Office Asked To Pull All Health Workers

Archives. Sister Zulhaida, nurse at Mulia Hospital, was persecuted by an unknown person (OTK) in Mulia, Puncak Jaya Regency, Central Papua. (ANTARA-HO)

JAKARTA - The Regional Leadership Council (DPW) of the Indonesian National Nurses Association (PPNI) Papua asked the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of Mountains and Central Papua through the local Health Office to temporarily withdraw medical personnel (nakes) during the 2024 Pilkada for security reasons.

"The withdrawal of medical personnel is carried out to keep them safe from group disturbances or unknown people (OTK)," said Chairman of the Papuan PPNI DPW James May in Jayapura, Tuesday, November 12, as reported by Antara.

He said the temporary withdrawal of health workers was mainly those on duty in areas prone to security disturbances.

The request for a temporary withdrawal of health workers will be communicated to the Health Office in the two provinces to avoid casualties from health workers due to being mistreated by unknown people, as happened in Mulia, Puncak Jaya Regency, Central Papua.

Moreover, usually, during the regional elections, the security situation in the regions in the two provinces has increased, so it is feared that it will also have an impact on health workers.

The Papuan PPNI DPW deeply regrets the mistreatment by an unknown person (OTK) of nurses at the Mulia Hospital, Sister Zulhaida to the victim who was injured as a result of being abused and is now being treated at Bhayangkara Jayapura Hospital.

"Hopefully in the future there will be no more health workers experiencing acts of violence by anyone," hoped James May.

Currently, the number of nurses in Papua and three expansion provinces is around 18 thousand people.

The new autonomous regions (DOB) are fragments from Papua Province, namely Papua Mountains, South Papua and Central Papua.