Student of KKN-PPM UGM Period 2 Year 2024 Sarmi unit, Muhammad Ivan Pratista (Ivan) calmly assisted the delivery of a mother named Nice Isabel Kondi in the middle of the ocean on Liki Island, Papua. Liki Island is one of the outermost islands in eastern Indonesia located in Sarmi Regency, Papua Province, has a population of approximately only 300 people with 92 heads of families who mostly work as fishermen.
On Saturday, August 10, 2024, Ivan and the KKN-PPM UGM team were carrying out their program as usual, but suddenly he was surprised by the scream of a posyandu cadre woman who was not far from them, “Ivan’s son, please there is Mama Nice about to give birth!”, hurriedly Ivan ran to Mama Nice’s house. Quick to provide help as one of the students from the health sector, Ivan, who is a student of the Medical Profession study program in his unit, immediately checked the condition of Mama Nice who had experienced opening three. Seeing Mama Nice’s condition, she could still be taken to the nearest auxiliary health center (Pustu), in order to get immediate help, but unfortunately the health worker who was only one in the area was not there. There was no other choice, Mama Nice had to be immediately taken to the hospital on the main island which could only be reached by crossing the sea. For a while, before heading to the crossing dock, Ivan took the makeshift equipment to bring with him, and sure enough, the available tools were limited, only available for wound care and infusions.