Commemorating 44th Anniversary, Indonesian Capital Market Donates 4 Sea Ambulances For Archipelago Regions

Delivery of the Marine Ambulance (Photo: IST)

JAKARTA - In commemoration of the 44th Anniversary of the Reactivation of the Indonesian Capital Market (44th Anniversary of the Indonesian Capital Market), the Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) for the first time provided assistance in the form of a sea ambulance with the aim of providing easy access to health for people living in the islands. .

The Indonesian Capital Market Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) consists of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), PT Kliring Penjaminan Efek Indonesia (KPEI) and PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI) supported by the Financial Services Authority (OJK).

The marine ambulance assistance equipped with medical equipment was symbolically handed over by the Chair of the 44th Anniversary of the Indonesian Capital Market who also serves as Director of KSEI Syafruddin to GUSDURian Peduli Founder and Trustee Alissa Wahid at the shipyard location in Blimbingsari sub-district, East Java.

The handover was also witnessed by the Deputy Director of the OJK Regional 4 East Java Office, Mohamad Eka Gonda Sukmana, Deputy Chair of the 44th Anniversary and also serving as Director of KPEI, Iding Pardi. There were 4 units of sea ambulances that were handed over to GUSDURian Peduli for use in Riau, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), North Halmahera, and Southeast Maluku.

Chairman of the 44th Anniversary of the Indonesian Capital Market, Syafruddin in his speech said, "The provision of sea ambulance assistance is a form of concern for the capital market in the health sector because of the high need for people who are far from urban areas, especially in island areas. As part of the health services managed by the relevant institutions, we hope that this marine ambulance can be optimally utilized by the general public in need,” explained Syafruddin in a release received by VOI, Saturday, April 9th.

Furthermore, Syafruddin added, the provision of a sea ambulance was very appropriate with the geographical conditions in Indonesia as the largest archipelagic country in the world. People living in island areas are still minimal from the reach of health facilities and personnel, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic with a fairly high number of positive cases.

"Looking at the limited facilities and the lack of health workers in the archipelago, the presence of this sea ambulance is expected to help treat patients who need fast action," said Syafruddin.

Deputy Director for Supervision of Financial Services Institutions 4 and Licensing, OJK Regional Office 4 Mohamad Eka Gonda Sukmana ensures that OJK and other Indonesian Capital Market regulators always synergize both in the social and economic fields.

"In difficult conditions, OJK and SRO continue to work together in the social sector, especially to revive the economy in Indonesia. In addition, OJK continues to work together to improve financial literacy in the capital market sector, especially in East Java," said Eka.

Alissa Wahid welcomed the assistance from the Indonesian capital market. “We are an archipelagic country but think as a mainland country and we rarely see the reality. There are many stories of how people who live in the islands have to take up to 4 hours to go to the puskesmas, or the midwife who has to take a boat to work. No wonder the human development index is low, health services are still poor and maternal and infant mortality rates are high, especially in Asia, which is still high," said Alissa.

The four areas provided by the sea ambulance fleet were chosen by considering several things, such as the level of community welfare which is still low, as well as the condition of facilities and health workers in areas that are not supportive, especially during the pandemic with the need for faster health care.

As one of a series of events to commemorate the 44th Anniversary of the Indonesian Capital Market, CSR funds have been collected since August 10, 2021, which were obtained from exchange transaction revenues and Central Custodian services during August to December 2021. In addition, SRO also received funds from 92 industry players. Indonesian capital market, including listed companies, securities companies and other parties.

As of December 30, 2021, the total funds collected were IDR 66.08 billion, with IDR 40.92 billion coming from exchange transaction income and central custodian services, IDR 25.16 billion from donations in the form of funds, and IDR 394 million from donations in kind from Indonesian capital market players.

Until December 2021, the total funds that have been disbursed by the SRO in the context of the 44th Anniversary of the Indonesian Capital Market for this CSR activity reached Rp53.13 billion for various activities, including vaccination of more than 500,000 people in 91 locations spread across 18 provinces, blood donation activities that have succeeded in collecting around 15,000 bags of blood and 219 bags of plasma blood, compensation to 333 heirs of health workers, as well as providing routine lunches to 390 public funeral workers.

Activities are also carried out in the form of supporting the provision of medical equipment such as oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators to hospitals and health centers, including land and sea ambulances. In particular, assistance has also been channeled through the Center for the Analysis of Health Determinants (PADK) – KEMENKES in the form of oxygen concentrators and oximeters worth nearly Rp2 billion.

Carrying the mandate to allocate these funds, the SRO, with the support of the OJK, has carried out CSR activities on an ongoing basis to deal with the COVID19 pandemic to date. This is in accordance with the theme of the 44th Anniversary of the Indonesian Capital Market, namely 'Capital Market Synergy for Economic Recovery', which carries the spirit to restore public health, so that it is expected to have an impact on economic growth in Indonesia.