During the 2nd work meeting of IBI, East Kutai Government will provide additional incentives to all civil servants, including those from the health field.
Heaptalk, Jakarta — The East Kutai Indonesian Midwives Association (IBI) held its 2nd work meeting at the Royal Victoria Hotel, North Sangatta (06/03). This meeting aims to evaluate and refine the work plan in the middle of the management period, as well as to prepare proposals for the upcoming congress.
In his opening remarks, East Kutai Regent Ardiansyah Sulaiman said that midwives are a complete profession and are similar to educators and nurses. These professions cannot be judged by merit.
“They are the saviors of human life, they are the saviors of generations, starting from preparing humans to want to live to save existing humans,” said Ardiansyah. He expressed his admiration for the midwives in East Kutai facing broad geographical challenges. This condition encourages midwives to innovate and develop extraordinary resilience in helping the community.
Further, Ardiansyah added, “The East Kutai government is thinking, in return, to provide additional incentives to all civil servants, regardless of backgrounds from health, education, or agriculture. It is hoped that the additional income that has been consulted with the Ministry of Home Affairs will encourage them to continue working.”
There are 897 midwives in East Kutai
Adopting the theme of IBI organizational consolidation in dealing with the development of maternal and child health (KIA), family planning (KB), and reproductive health (Kespro) services during the Covid-19 transition period, this activity is a forum for organizational development for branches and members of IBI. In its implementation, IBI refers to the system that has been regulated in the memorandum and article of association (AD/ART) which has been perfected and updated to suit the development and growth of the organization.
The chairman of the East Kutai IBI branch committee, Triana Nur, said that currently there are 897 midwives in East Kutai, 56 of whom are currently studying independently with study permits from the East Kutai Regency Government.
According to Triana, the Government of East Kutai fully supports midwives by granting study permits to continue their education to the next level. This is important as increasing the competence of midwives is urgently needed.
Triana hopes that this consolidation can produce a formulation of the wishes of the midwives in East Kutai. Later, this formulation will be concluded and presented at the congress in Jakarta.
