EAST BELITUNG -- PT Timah Tbk again provides free health services for the people of Belitung Island. Free health services through the 'Healthy Car' program reach the islanders.
This time, PT Timah Tbk provides health services for the community in Pulau Buku Limau Village, Manggar District. A total of 90 people from Buku Limau Village participated in the health check.
If people usually get services in cars, this time the health services were carried out in the multipurpose room of Buku Limau Village, Tuesday (28/06/2022).
The Healthy Car Team of PT Timah Tbk crossed the island using a fishing boat. Traveling for about an hour, finally free health services can be enjoyed by the residents of Buku Limau Village.
This activity was also attended by the Subdistrict Head of Manggar Abdul Rachim, Danramil Manggar Mayor Djoko Lelono, Head of the Belitung Production Unit Achmad Haspani.
Village Secretary of Buku Limau Village, M. Agung, said that this health service was enthusiastically welcomed by the community. Because people can check their health.
Therefore, he expressed his gratitude for the implementation of the program in their village.
"On the island it's far from the hospital, so PT Timah Tbk's program really helps us," he said.
According to him, usually the people of Buku Limau Village use facilities or health workers, namely midwives or nurses, but that doesn't happen every time, but if there is an urgent need, they are immediately taken to Manggar.
"We hope that this healthy car can be on standby at the port for us islanders, with a schedule determined by PT Timah Tbk itself and conveyed to the residents," he explained.
Likewise, Manggar Sub-district Head Abdul Rachim also thanked PT Timah Tbk for caring for the people of Buku Limau village by providing healthy car services.
"This shows that SOEs are really present for the people of the Manggar sub-district," said Abdul Rachim, usually known as Boim.
Boim hopes that PT Timah Tbk will continue to do such things for the Manggar area. This is because health services, when viewed from the point of view of human resources, facilities and infrastructure, are very good.
He hopes that the program can continue to be given to the community in the Manggar area and East Belitung Regency, so that the health program which is a national priority scale can be collaborated with all parties.
"In Buku Limau Village, there were two doctors assigned to examine the community, and the medicines given were also free," he explained.
Meanwhile, one of the recipients of PT Timah Tbk's healthy car service, Muhammad Ilyas (47) said that PT Timah's healthy car service was very good, and hoped that he would come to Buku Limau Village more often.
"Good and comfortable service, and hopefully come here regularly," he said.
According to Ilyas, the people of Buku Limau Village usually go to Manggar when they complain of illness. Of course, it takes a long time to get health services.
He continued, there is also a sub-health center in Buku Limau Village, but if you are seriously ill, you will be brought to Manggar.
"So PT Timah Tbk's program guarantees good service and will continue," he said.
