JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) together with local governments and local officials evacuated 14 doctors, nurses, midwives and health workers participating in the Nusantara Sehat program who served in Tambrauw Regency, West Papua, due to threats of security by the Papua Armed Criminal Group (KKB).
"This morning our colleagues were taken to Sorong after receiving threats from the KKB. We thank the local government and local officials who swiftly assisted in the evacuation," said the Director General of Health at the Ministry of Health, drg. Arianti Anaya in a written statement received in Jakarta, Sunday.
The Nusantara Sehat program is an intervention program from the Ministry of Health to build integrated health which includes preventive, promotive, and curative aspects through special assignment of team-based health workers with certain numbers and types to improve access and quality of health services at Health Service Facilities in disadvantaged areas, borders, and islands (DTKP) as well as Health-Problemed areas (DBK).
"We will continue to instruct and remind the Regional Governments that fall into the DTKP and DBK categories to maintain the safety and comfort of the health workers assigned to this Healthy Nusantara program because they are very much needed to provide health services to the community," said Arianti.
On Friday afternoon (9/6) there was a meeting for the formation of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) by the KKB in Bamus Bama District, Tambrauw Regency. This activity was discovered and subsequently disbanded by the TNI and Polri apparatus A total of 11 of the 23 people who attended the meeting were arrested by the TNI and the rest of the Police.
The location of the incident is in the work area of the Yembun Health Center where there are 8 health workers participating in the Healthy Nusantara Program. The location of the incident is also not far from the Syujak Health Center, the location of the special assignment of 6 health workers in the Healthy Archipelago.
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The incident triggered an unfavorable security condition so that the Tambrauw District Health Office asked the health workers to leave the area immediately. All health workers managed to safely arrive in Sorong on Saturday morning.
The Ministry of Health Team from the Directorate of Empowerment of Health Workers and the Directorate of Guidance and Supervision, the Directorate General of Health will soon go to Sorong to meet health workers.
It is planned that Monday (12/6) the Ministry of Health will hold a meeting with the Health Office and local officials to discuss further efforts and facilitate the residence of health workers while in Sorong.
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