SOLIDITY - SCORP&SCOME CIMSA UPH

SOLIDITY - SCORP&SCOME CIMSA UPH

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SOLIDITY

(Endless Possibility With Disability)

SCORP&SCOME CIMSA UPH

Each community has its own unique culture, this includes communities of deaf people with a culture different from the non-deaf community. 

The most prominent culture in the deaf community is sign language. In Indonesia, the type of sign language that is used is Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (BISINDO) and Sistem Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (SIBI). 

Deaf people alike the non-deaf communities also have cultural elements, such as: history, values, behavior, belief systems, traditions, social systems, and have the same rights in terms of public services, politics, education, expression, communicating, obtaining information, and the right to health services.

Unfortunately, health services for people with deaf disabilities in Indonesia are considered not equal nor optimal. This happens due to the lack of ability of healthcare workers to communicate with people with deaf disabilities.

Hence, our deaf friends must rely on interpreters or family and relatives who are accompanying them.

This has considered to reduce the independence of deaf people, in addition to that, the number of interpreters in Indonesia are still very few in numbers.

Therefore, as one of the first steps in supporting health services for deaf people, it is important for healthcare workers to learn sign language in order to increase the effectiveness of doctor-patient communication and be able to provide optimal treatment for deaf patients.

Reflecting on these problems, on 27thof March 2021 - 28thof March 2021, SCORP and SCOME CIMSA UPH collaborated to host a webinar through Zoom with the help of Pusat Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (PUSBISINDO) and Muhamad Tanzi a teacher from Lazuardi Cordova Global Compassionate School, regarding the condition of the deaf community in general and about the use of sign language.

This event aims not only to educate medical students about deaf conditions in general, but to enrich these medical students regarding sign language through a socialization about sign language programs and the importance of the language in conducting medical interviews of deaf patients.

Hopefully, they are able to understand better what the patient is feeling and be able to apply good procedures as well as attitude to interact with deaf patients to reduce any misunderstandings and inconveniences that may arise.

Always remember that those who are different have equal rights and opportunities.

They are not to be sidelined, people with disabilities just communicate and understand differently, nonetheless they are all the same citizens and patients that we must all care for. 

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