Surabaya Pilkada Debate: Machfud Arifin Says Little Citizens In Surabaya Are Painful, They Are Stuck In The Hospital

JAKARTA - Candidate for mayor of Surabaya candidate number 2, Machfud Arifin, explained the service system for puskesmas and hospitals that are considered not pro-lowly. Machfud talks about facts about unequal medical services.

"I have been everywhere in the villages of Surabaya, we feel the pain of the little people who are swayed in services, be it at the health center or in the hospital," Machfud Arifin said in the Surabaya Pilkada debate broadcast on Youtube KPU Surabaya, Wednesday, 4 November.

Machfud Arifin also mentioned that not all of them get BPJS. Machfud also satirized the ambulance program in community service.

"You say there is an ambulance that will come and pick up quickly, in fact there is no. The medical personnel at the puskesmas felt sorry for me, he had to carry out his work at the COVID (handling) hospital. Is this what I wanted to ask

Has our number 1 candidate been integrated? Has the hospital served optimally? Please explain and we feel this handling of COVID in Surabaya, the victims were 1,160 people, "Machfud said.

Meanwhile, the number 1 candidate for mayor of Surabaya, Eri Cahyadi, emphasized that the integration of medical services has been carried out in Surabaya. The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic called Eri Cahyadi, which was carried out by PDI Perjuangan, has yielded results.

"The greatness of the city of Surabaya with health workers, there is free swab and that's the success of health workers in the city of Surabaya. Only 79 people were confirmed sick, when there were 1,000 deaths there were comorbids, congenital diseases, ”said Eri Cahyadi.

"I assure you, doctors, health workers, today Surabaya can show (success). Only 79 villages are successful, this is the success of Surabaya, 95 urban villages are green in Surabaya, "said Eri Cahyadi.