Good News From Luhut: Next Week, President Jokowi Distributes Drug Packages For COVID-19 Patients For Underprivileged People

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Twitter @jokowi)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) next week is planning to distribute medicine packages for COVID-19 sufferers, especially those who are self-isolating (isoman), but in poor economic conditions. This was conveyed by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan who is also the Coordinator of the Java-Bali Emergency PPKM in a virtual coordination meeting held on Sunday, July 11.

"Hopefully next week it will be better," said Coordinating Minister Luhut regarding the availability of medicines for COVID-19 sufferers in the coordination meeting, as quoted from a written statement received in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Monday, July 12. Coordinating Minister Luhut reiterated the conditions. to get medical assistance for COVID-19 patients from the government is to show the results of the PCR swab test. "My suggestion is that later 2,200 doctors recruited and coordinated by the Task Force (TNI Head of Health) led by the TNI Commander, can manage all these flows," said Coordinating Minister Luhut.

On the same occasion the Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin suggested that the finalization of the types of drugs to be given. "We need to finalize the package again because it has not been synchronized with the professional organization of doctors, so there is no resistance related to this drug package," he said. Minister of Health. Meanwhile, TNI Commander Hadi Tjahjanto, who was also present at the virtual coordination meeting, stated his party's readiness to develop a mechanism for recording, distributing and socializing the drugs. , and Babinsa will also help later," he said. Deputy for Investment and Mining Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment Septian Hario Seto explained that the target for drug distribution is COVID-19 patients who are self-isolating. As for the distribution line, Kimia Farma as the i The drug provider will be assisted by the Regional Military Health (Kesdam) as a drug distributor in coordination with the health office and puskesmas regarding positive patients based on New All Records (NAR) data and triage of patient symptoms. Next Babinsa (Bintara Pembina Desa) will deliver drugs and patient education .