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Commission VIII DPR RI Visits Children with Eye Cancer, MoSA Distributes ATENSI Program
DENPASAR (14 March 2022) - Member of Commission
VIII of the House of
Representatives (DPR RI), I Gusti Alit Kesuma Kelakan and the Ministry
of Social Affairs through the Mahatmiya Center Tabanan visited I Komang Raditya
Juna Pranata (2.7 years old), a child with eye cancer in the Cempaka Room,
Sanglah Hospital.
He is currently undergoing
his 7th chemotherapy. Raditya's medical expenses are fully borne by BPJS, but
his parents find it difficult to pay for living expenses while their child is
hospitalized because they do not have a fixed income.
During this visit, Alit
Kelakan accompanied by the Head of the Mahatmiya Center Tabanan, Sri Wibowo, and
the Director of Sanglah Hospital, I Wayan Sudana handed over Social
Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI) program from the Mahatmiya Center in the
form of Nutrition Packages for children, diapers and also grocery shop business
capital assistance for their parents with total assistance worth Rp. 6,500,000,
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The assistance provided
was following the results of the Mahatmiya Center Team assessment
conducted on March 11, 2022, by social workers and nurses. Alit Kelakan
explained that venture capital assistance was the initial capital for
starting a grocery shop business. "What we submit here is the capital to
open a grocery shop business. So later Juna's parents will have income for
living expenses," explained the Member of the House.
Meanwhile, I Wayan
Sudana expressed his gratitude for the assistance provided by the Ministry of
Social Affairs. "I thank you for the attention of the government and the House
for the assistance that has been distributed," he said.