Disability Dentist

A number of activists protested the removal of a dentist from the civil servant candidate list

because she has a disability.

the dentist, had served as a contract dentist at a community health center (Puskesmas) since 2015.

After a year of serving, in July 2016 she began suffering from weak lower legs

following a Caesarian section she underwent to deliver her second child.

She returned to the service on a wheelchair after being treated for three months.

Last year, she applied to become a civil servant

and proposed to fill the open post as a dentist at Talunan Puskesmas.

she passed the written test

but she could not fulfill all the requirements for the physical examination due to her disability.

because she could not meet all the requirements,

the administration had not forwarded her application to the National Civil Service Agency.

“Her dream was cut short just because of her disability,”.

The protesters, urged the South Solok regency administration to honor the rights of disabled people

and to prevent stigma and discrimination against them.

They wanted the administration to reinstate Romi’s name on the candidate list.

being in a wheelchair wouldn't hamper Romi’s work as a dentist.

“The state has an obligation to respect and protect Romi

and to put people with a disability in an equal position to those without a disability.