Satrio

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Satrio
Minister of Health
In office
10 July 1959 – 25 July 1966
PresidentSukarno
Preceded byAbdul Azis Saleh
Succeeded byG. A. Siwabessy
Personal details
Born(1916-05-28)28 May 1916
Died5 May 1986(1986-05-05) (aged 69)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Military service
Allegiance Indonesia
Years of service1945–1970
Rank Major general
CommandsSurgeon General of the Armed Forces

Satrio (28 May 1916 – 5 May 1986) was an Indonesian military doctor. He served as Minister of Health during the

Indonesian Red Cross
between 1970 and 1982.

A graduate of the Batavia Medical College during the

Indonesian Red Cross
.

Early life and education

Satrio was born on 28 May 1916 in the village of Singojuruh within

AMS. He continued his studies in Batavia, where he took a medical course at the Geneeskundige Hoogeschool te Batavia [id] (Batavia Medical College) from which he graduated in 1942.[1] During his studies at Malang, he had joined the local chapter of the Jong Islamieten Bond.[3]

Career

After graduating during the

Once the Dutch took control of Jakarta, Satrio moved to Karawang, transporting supplies and equipment from Jakarta to the Karawang Hospital. While in Karawang, he was appointed as head doctor of the Banten Division of the Republican forces, with a rank of lieutenant colonel.[8] Throughout his service under the division, he led efforts to vaccinate residents around Banten against smallpox, injecting water buffaloes with smuggled smallpox ampoules in order to create enough vaccines for 240,000 people.[9] He was later appointed deputy chief of Indonesian Army's health service.[10] In the early 1950s, he worked mostly on the Army Central Hospital, though he also lectured anatomy at the University of Indonesia.[11] Since 1957, he became an extraordinary lecturer there, renewing the curriculum and establishing an affiliate program with the University of California.[12]

Satrio was appointed as Junior Minister of Health in the

fall of Sukarno, he was replaced by G. A. Siwabessy.[22]

Following his ministerial tenure, Satrio was appointed as the inaugural surgeon general of the

Indonesian Red Cross on 28 March 1970.[25] His tenure included activities in then newly annexed East Timor,[26] and humanitarian missions for Vietnamese boat people at Galang Island.[27] He served as chairman until 17 September 1982, when he declined another nomination citing his health.[28]

Death

He died on 5 May 1986 in Bandung, West Java, while giving a speech to officer cadets of the armed forces.[29] The Prof. Dr. Satrio Road, a major street in Jakarta, is named after him.[30]

References

  1. ^ a b c Madjid & Lohanda 1986, p. 358.
  2. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, p. 5.
  3. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, p. 39.
  4. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, pp. 64–67.
  5. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, p. 73.
  6. ^ Madjiah 1997, p. 18.
  7. ^ Madjiah 1997, p. 19.
  8. ^ Madjiah 1997, p. 31.
  9. .
  10. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, pp. 127–128.
  11. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, pp. 145.
  12. ^ Ministry of Health 1980b, p. 87.
  13. ^ Ministry of Health 1980a, p. 81.
  14. ^ Ministry of Health 1980a, p. 82.
  15. ^ Ministry of Health 1980a, pp. 93–97.
  16. ^ Ministry of Health 1980a, p. 123.
  17. ^ Neelakantan 2017, pp. 128–129.
  18. ^ Neelakantan 2017, p. 105.
  19. ^ Neelakantan 2017, pp. 195–196.
  20. ^ Ministry of Health 1980a, p. 233.
  21. .
  22. ^ Ministry of Health 1980b, p. 8.
  23. ^ "SEJARAH PUSKES TNI" (in Indonesian). Indonesian National Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  24. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, pp. 247–254.
  25. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, p. 261.
  26. ^ Indonesia News and Views. Information Division, Embassy of Indonesia. 1981.
  27. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, pp. 293–296.
  28. ^ Madjid & Lohanda 1986, p. 322.
  29. ^ "Bekas ketua umum PMI Prof satrio meninggal". Kompas (in Indonesian). 6 May 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  30. ^ Matanasi, Petrik (12 November 2019). "Dr. Satrio, Bekas Gerilyawan yang Jadi Menkes Terakhir Sukarno". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 October 2021.

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