Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Kris 'The Doctor' for The Jungle



(Indonesia). Jambi Kristiwan so the full name of this Java-blooded single man. Since the year 2008 ago, the reigning Academy of Nurse prefers his life to share information and health care for The Jungle, a tribal community diProvinsi Jambi.

Kris, so familiar greeting, this was four years old NGO Conservation Society joined with Indonesia Warsi as a health facilitator for The Jungle. Woods is a community population of people who do not blend as the general public. Rimba people living in the wilds of the forest national park in Jambi.

Kris began the task of providing information about how to improve the quality of life through healthy lifestyle, the handling of emergency in pain, to facilitate the Jungle People to public health services such as health centers, hospitals and related institutions.

Experienced many ups and downs of the man born in Semarang February 22, 1983 that in performing their duties. Walk for hours, up and down the hills to meet the community The Jungle, is a routine part of his job. During the trip, Kris will always be equipped with medicines and medical equipment that might be needed The Wilderness.

"Once every sick person to rely more on Wilderness medicines from herbs they found in the jungle. However, since the occurrence of forest change, plant obatpun increasingly difficult. Result Jungle People could no longer treat the pain that is on them," said the lokoter-so The Wilderness designation of health personnel, in conversation with AFP.

To introduce the knowledge of the health of people Wilderness is not easy. During these rural communities is only known medical treatment by shamans. Even in the handling of labor, the shaman more active role.

"I've turned down when it will assist the delivery process. Reason they were never anyone else, what else outside of their community, which helps the birth process," said Waluyo Ngesti Waterford Nursing Academy alumnus of Central Java.

According to Kris, The Forest create a health problem, it got increasingly diverse. Now due to land clearing (land clearing) brown river water when it rains, whereas when the drought became dry.

"They can not directly consume water like the past, but need treatment first, and for this we must teach them how to treat water to be worthy of consumption," said Kris.

Not only that, the opening of forests also leads to the difficulty of food consumption The Jungle. As a result, the availability of protein and carbohydrates is much reduced, so that not a few of those who experience malnutrition. This condition is exacerbated by the lack of adequate treatment.

To assist field assignments, Warsi also established health cadres. Cadre is the Jungle People who already have literacy and equipped with knowledge about health and provision of first aid if there are health problems in the Jungle People.

"For example, if there is vomiting disease that attacks the Jungle People, we've taught them to make oral rehydration salts, and then took him to the nearest health center," said Kris.

Previously, health facilitators also made approaches to health center staff. Because without any prior approach, it is not uncommon The Jungle will be rejected.

"In the beginning people are often denied the Wilderness at the health center, so if you want to have to accompany our health center," he continued.

Rimba people is not accustomed to the hospital, what else to stay. Hospital administration convoluted Woods also made people lazy deals with RS. On the other hand, hospitals are also reluctant to deal with people for being slum Woods has magic.

"This is where we do a mentoring role to The Jungle in obtaining health services. Similarly, we also provide an understanding of the health workers," said Kris.

Kris hospital expects the government to provide the simplest to the public. For administrative channels convoluted, especially in the user community Jamkesmas, sometimes makes people reluctant to state hospitals.

"If the villagers have been annoyed at times, what else The Jungle. We look forward to a more simple pattern if the Jungle People go to the hospital, from patient registration until he could obtain the drug, not complicated," hope Kris.

In addition it is also important is the lack of government support, both districts, counties and provinces in serving the Jungle People. There should be no administrative boundaries that separate people with a health care center Rimba, because there is a group that is administratively incorporated into certain districts, but the access will be close to other kabupatan.

"It should not be a barrier to people getting the service and of the Wilderness is also expected to support adequate funding, whether through or Jamkesda Jamkesmas program," said the second child of three siblings.

This is another important and urgent thing to do is raise awareness of health care stakeholders to visit the Jungle People groups, either to provide health services directly, or provide counseling.

"Also important is the training and extension TBA. So far we have tried to do, but of course the result will be maximum if supported by the government," said Kris.

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