Gubernur Enembe Aprisiasi URI Amerika dan PT Freeport Indonesia

Gubernur Provinsi papua, Lukas Enembe,S.IP.MH menyampaikan terima kasih dan apresiasi yang tinggi kepada rektor dan civitas akademik University of Rhode Island (URI) Amerika Serikat atas bantuan ventilator untuk rumah sakit di Tanah Papua.

“Gubernur Papua, bapak Lukas Enembe Wakil Gubernur Klemen Tinal beserta sekretaris daerah dan jajaran serta atas nama rakyat Papua menyampaikan apresiasi atas bantuan ventilator ini. Gubernur menyampaikan salam hormat dan terima kasih kepada rektor URI dan jajaran,” ungkap Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M.Kes mewakili Gubernur Papua pada acara serah terima ventilator antara URI, Pemprov Papua dan PT Freeport Indonesia, di Gensup Shipping and Offsite Exim, Bandara Halim Perdana Kusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (07/8/2020).

Dia mengatakan bantuan ventilator ini sangat bermanfaat dan sudah ditunggu masyarakat Papua untuk penanganan pasien Covid-19. Dari jumlah 45 rumah sakit yang ada di Papua terdapat 13 rumah sakit rujukan yang akan mendapat bantuan ventilator ini.

“Tadinya saya pikir Amerika jauh, tidak mungkin barang ini datang apalagi masa pandemik. Tapi atas kerjasama antara URI dan dibantu PT Freeport akhirnya ventilator tiba di Indonesia dan akan tiba hari minggu di Jayapura,”ungkap Kayame.

Pengiriman bantuan 70 ventilator ini difasilitasi PT. Freeport Indonesia. Puluhan ventilator ini dikirim dari Rhode Island Amerika dan hari ini, Sabtu (8/8/2020) diterbangkan dari Bandara Halim Perdanakusuma menuju Mimika, Wamena dan Jayapura, Minggu (09/8/2020).

Pada serah terima ventilator tersebut, Pemerintah Provinsi Papua diwakili, Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M.Kes, Juru Bicara Satgas Penanganan COVID-19 Provinsi Papua, dr Silwanus Sumule, Perwakilan URI Indonesia, Diana Devi dan Dian Novita Sari serta Sutomo, perwakilan PT Freeport Indonesia.

Rektor URI, Dr. David M. Dooley, PhD menyampaikan apresiasi kepada bapak Gubernur Enembe atas komitmennya membangun kemintraan dengan URI.

“Saya ingin memberikan apresiasi saya kepada bapak Gubernur provinsi Papua, bapak  Lukas Enembe atas komitmennya dan kunjungan ke universitas saya tahun lalu untuk berdiskusi dengan saya bagaimana Universitas Rhode Island dapat bermitra dengan pemerintah Papua,” ungkap Dooley dalam suratnya yang dibacakan Perwakilan URI Indonesia, Diana Devi.

Dia juga menyampaikan terima kasih kepada PT Freeport Indonesia yang mendukung pengiriman ventilator ini demi kesehatan dan keselamatan orang Papua selama pandemi. “Terima kasih atas kemitraan dan kolaborasi Anda,”katanya.

Dooley menngemukakan  desain dan perakitan ventilator melibatkan lebih dari 100 Profesor, staf dan mahasiswa URI termasuk mahasiswa URI dari Papua, secara sukarela merakit ventilator untuk didistribusikan ke seluruh dunia dan ke Papua.

“Sampai saat ini, kami bekerja dengan dokter di sepuluh negara berbeda untuk memastikan ventilator kit kami dapat tersedia untuk petugas kesehatan mereka Bahama, Ekuador, Meksiko, Peru, Nikaragua, Haiti, Nigeria, Filipina, Timor Leste, dan Papua, Indonesia,” tandasnya.

"The Governor of Papua, Mr. Lukas Enembe, the Deputy Governor Klemen Tinal and the Regional Secretary and the ranks and on behalf of Papuans expressed appreciation for the ventilators have given. The governor delivered respectful greetings and thanks to the rector of the URI and the lineup”, said the head of health department Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M. Kes represents the governor of Papua at the handover of the ventilator between the URI, Papua provincial government and PT Freeport Indonesia, at Gensup Shipping and Offsite Exim (07/8/2020)

He said the help of this ventilator was very useful and was awaited by Papua people for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. Of the number 45 hospitals in Papua, there are 13 referral hospitals that will get the help of this ventilator.

"I thought America was far away, it's unlikely that this stuff came in pandemic period. But because of cooperation between URI and assisted by PT Freeport finally ventilators arrived in Indonesia and will arrive Sunday in Jayapura", said Kayame.

The dispatch of 70 ventilators assistance is facilitated by PT. Freeport Indonesia. Dozens of these ventilators are shipped from Rhode Island of America and today, Saturday (August 8, 2020), the flight is from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport to Mimika, Wamena and Jayapura, Sunday (August 9, 2020).

At the handover of the ventilator, the Papua provincial government is represented by the head of health office of Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M. Kes, spokesperson for the handling of COVID-19 Papua Province, Dr. Silwanus Sumule, representatives of URI Indonesia, Diana Devi and Dian Novita Sari and Sutomo, representatives of PT Freeport Indonesia.

The rector of the URI, Dr. David M. Dooley, PhD expressed appreciation to Governor Enembe for his commitment to build stability with URI.

"I want to give my appreciation to the governor of Papua Province, Mr. Lukas Enembe for his commitment and university visiting last year to discuss with me how Rhode Island University can be a partner with the Papuan government", said Dooley in his letter which was read representatives of URI Indonesia, Diana Devi.

He also gave thanks to PT Freeport Indonesia which supports the delivery of this ventilator for the health and safety of Papuans during a pandemic. "Thank you for your partnership and collaboration," he said.

Dooley said that the design of the ventilators assembly involving more than 100 professors, staff and students of URI including the students from Papua, volunteering the ventilator for distribution to the world and to Papua.

"We work with physicians in ten different countries to make sure our ventilator kits are available to their healthcare officers Bahamas, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Nicaragua, Haiti, Nigeria, Philippines, Timor Leste, and Papua, Indonesia," he said.