Kembangan Launches Health Services for Residents with Hypertension

Kembangan Sub-district Office and Puskesmas launches Laskar Peduli service and Hypertension Monitoring application at Mahkota Children-Friendly Integrated Public Space (RPTRA), Meruya Selatan, Kembangan, West Jakarta.

Pembentukan laskar peduli dan peluncuran aplikasi monitoring bertujuan menekan angka penyakit hipertensi di Kembangan,

West Jakarta Assistant for Administration and Community Welfare, Amin Haji stated, hypertension can't be underestimated because people of various ages can have this disease. Besides, hypertension or high blood pressure can lead to heart disease, stroke, and death.

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"This is our innovation to help residents with hypertension. Thanks to members of Laskar Peduli who want to help us treating hypertension without receiving wages," he conveyed, Thursday (7/11).

He added, Laskar Peduli is formed to treat residents with hypertension with members from PKK cadres and Meruya Selatan public figures.

Kembangan Sub-district Head, Agus Ramdani also plans to form group similar to Laskar Peduli to reduce number of people with hypertension in Kembangan.

"Members of Laskar Peduli which are trained by Kembangan Puskesmas' medical team are ready to remind people with hypertension to apply healthy lifestyle and check their condition routinely," he stated.

Kembangan Puskesmas Head, Leni Ariyani stated, Laskar Peduli members and her medical team will monitor residents who have hypertension in Kembangan and remind them to apply healthy lifestyle and routinely consume hypertension medication.