CrowdFunding for Rural Healthcare
An engineer and a doctor set up Wecare.id, a fundraising platform to help the poor, which provides a complementary medical service to the national health insurance program, BPJS.
November 8, 2016
Last June, four-year old Faris was brought to the community health center, or Puskemas, in rural Rotan River, Muara Enim regency, South Sumatra, coughing ominously and suffering difficulty in breathing. The general practitioner at the time, Dr. Febby Sri Rahayu, 24, diagnosed Faris with pneumonia and suspected a congenital heart problem (Ventricular Septal Defect/VSD). Febby advised Faris' father, Duwen Pranoto, 24, to take him to the provincial ho
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