Bitter experience at TNI clinic<\/p>\n
As a civil servant in the Indonesian Army, I exercised my
\nright to free family medical services for my ailing child on
\nMarch 14, 2003. It was a bitter experience, as we were, in
\neffect, rejected at the Jakarta military health facility's Ridwan
\nMaureksa Hospital.<\/p>\n
We arrived at the hospital at about 8 p.m. I was told by the
\nintensive care unit (ICU) officer that since it was my third
\nchild, I was not entitled to free health care. I urged that my
\nchild be treated, even though I did not meet the relevant
\ncriteria, but the officer kept asking me to show case treatment
\ndocuments, which I had not brought along.<\/p>\n
After my persistent request, my almost unconscious child was
\nexamined but we were told to go home as there was nothing
\nserious. I took the doctor's prescription to the facility's
\ndispensary and was told to collect the medicine free of charge. A
\nphysician asked me to stay but I decided to leave that very
\nnight.<\/p>\n
I took my child to Almustajam Hospital in Bekasi instead,
\nwhere the ICU doctor in charge diagnosed the ailment as typhoid,
\nrequiring inpatient treatment. After four days of medical care,
\nat reasonable cost, my child recovered.<\/p>\n
SARTI
\nBekasi, West Java<\/p>",
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