Jakarta Health Office Viral Allegedly Perform Verbal Harassment To Pregnant Women, Health Office Investigate The Truth

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JAKARTA - Viral on social media TikTok is a pregnant woman who claims to have been verbally abused by health workers at a health center in Jakarta.

In the upload to the TikTok account @stecfanywijjaya, it was stated that the pregnant woman who was 9 months pregnant came to the public health center because she showed signs of giving birth.

The pregnant woman came alone because she was wandering in Jakarta. When they arrived at the public health center, the health worker said that the mother could not use BPJS (Health Insurance) if there was no husband.

"I just found out that BPJS chooses someone based on their husband. Poor single-parent women struggling alone", wrote the account @stecfanywijjaya.

Based on the account information, several health workers made statements in disgust because they saw the condition of pregnant women who had a vaginal discharge. In fact, there were health workers who asked how many men had been in contact with the pregnant woman's patient.

"The midwife usually attacks my sister (patient) who is sick and crying in pain with the question 'how many guys have you had intercourse with, Mam?", said @stevfanywijaya.

In response to this, the Head of Health Resources for the DKI Health Office, Purwadi, admitted that his party would investigate the truth of this case.

"Our team is currently on the field to investigate and confirm the facts on the ground", said Purwadi when contacted, Wednesday, October 6.

Purwadi said that the DKI Health Office was looking for the location of the public health center that was suspected of being a place for verbal abuse to pregnant women. The Health Office also seeks to find out the employment status of the health workers involved.

If the incident is true, Purwadi said he was concerned about what the health workers were doing in the video that was circulating. Because the action is beyond the aspect of the appropriateness of health workers.

"In our current view, we have dichotomized the status of employees. Because, after all, it is in this context as health workers who are certainly in the service of standards of behavior and discipline that we must both guard and enforce", he explained.