Three times a year, health examination services are held for the indigenous Orang Rimba community. This examination service is a collaboration between the Rejosari village Posyandu midwife, the Rejosari Village Government, the Pamenang Community Health Center, and the village Family Welfare Empowerment (PKK) Mother. This health service focuses on fulfilling basic services for the indigenous people of the jungle.
Starting with the initiative that health services are not only about physical treatment. But it also opens the door to transforming the health and well-being of indigenous jungle communities.
In this series of activities, the elderly, pregnant women and children who are sick receive special attention. Fever, cough, cold and shortness of breath are no longer a fear without a solution, because health services have embraced them.
When Sumping, a pregnant mother, was examined by the posyandu midwife, it was found that she was very malnourished. Weighing only 48 kg in the fourth month of pregnancy, Sumping experienced poor nutritional conditions. The stomach circumference is small, and the body is limp, making it a record of the challenges faced by pregnant women in the interior.
The first step taken is to provide vitamins and provide education about the health of pregnant women. Nutritious food and regular check-ups at posyandu or community health centers with Village Health Insurance (Jamkesda) cards are the keys to improvement. Facilitator Warsi also encouraged Sumping to undergo further examination at the Pamenang Community Health Center, including an ultrasound and further examination.
Not only that, malaria screening is carried out for children and adults who have a fever. The rapid test results were negative for malaria, providing some relief amidst their health challenges. PKK mothers also provide assistance in the form of providing additional food (PMT), such as corn porridge, for the children of the indigenous jungle community. The Head of Rejosari Village stated that this activity would become a routine agenda to bring posyandu services closer to the indigenous people of the jungle.
However, it is not only about health, the village head also sees the need for social integration between the indigenous jungle community and village residents. Mutual cooperation activities in the Anak Dalam Tribe settlement were promised as concrete steps. "The wooden logs for repairing the huts of the indigenous jungle community and the holes for household waste are an invitation to unite, mingle and form a larger community," said Yuli Widodo, Head of Rejosari Village.
