Chapter 10 - 9

Find Positive Energy From Great People Around You

Dian's first secret to being able to survive in the midst of economic difficulties is to cultivate as many positive thoughts as possible and during her midwifery education, she obtained positive thoughts, among others, from biographies of famous figures. The biography that influenced him the most was the story of Thomas Alfa Edison, the inventor of electricity who was initially derided as an idiot and had no future. In fact, Edison was able to create something powerful and change the life of the world.

Dian also found positive energy when she met with experts and state officials. She is a person who likes to read books, has a calm mind and always supports Dian. All friends always encourage Dian not to give up easily and keep the spirit in the face of failure. Dian realized that she could not always rely on money sent from her parents. Despite trying to save money, the need will continue to increase. So Dian was determined to make new efforts.

Dian also tried to find additional income, namely by becoming a nurse during semester 1 vacation. Even though the wages she received were not much, only 70 thousand per day, but Dian learned valuable lessons from there. The lesson was strung together by Dian into the following magic sentence: "If we work hard with good ways, good intentions and good determination, we can achieve our dreams." The first job also brought Dian together with the midwife Hasnerita. The poverty that occurred actually gave me many opportunities to open my thoughts to be able to help others. It taught Dian that in difficult conditions we can still get opportunities as long as we are observant of the situation.

When Dian is difficult and gets bad behavior and is discriminated against and even criminal. The peak incidence of bad behavior when Dian studied midwifery was at the beginning of the sixth semester. I felt I was told to pay for the practice and the food and medicine I used while practicing at the midwife and also for housing and the amount at that time was quite expensive. Jakarta on February 18, 2013 the DIV Midwifery Study Program, STIKIM, today sent 4th and 6th semester students simultaneously to hospitals, maternity hospitals and private practice midwives.

For the 6th semester for 3 months while the 4th semester is only 2 weeks. I began to see irregularities when the delivery was in the sixth semester, three other students were sent and there were even two people while I was there alone and 1 classmate. Arriving at the maternity home, I started to have bad behavior. I was forced to work by the lecturers and the owner of the maternity home Dwi Asih and the staff there for 24 hours non-stop. Meanwhile, my classmate works only 12 hours. I was not paid there, but I paid everything to the maternity house. Did everyone think that I was a student at that time, there should have been a break but wasn't given a short break? I am not a robot but forced by them. While there, Dian was given stale food and drink to eat, even though Dian had paid a hundred thousand per day there, while Dian's juniors there only paid for food and drink a day and only paid fifty thousand to be given new food plus fruit and milk. I was treated badly there, at the maternity house and even then I was told to pay for a monthly room rent, I was charged three million rupiah. Every patient in the maternity home who gave birth there I was forced by the maternity hospital every time I helped the delivery process all the tools and drugs that I used to help the patient they asked me for money for gloves and medicines. I also have to pay the price of the yarn to them. Patient is about 1 million. For 6 days I was still strong being treated like that but I was not a robot on February 24, 2013. Dian started complaining of headaches, runny nose and fever. My feet are starting to swell and it hurts to walk. I took the painkiller paracetamol and I had to pay for the flu which was an unreasonable price. There I was treated inhumanely working and could not rest even though I was sick. There is a shortage of medical personnel, the owner and person in charge of me, Mrs. Yus at STIKIM, knows my situation. Midwife Yus reported to the campus by telephone that my father and I had a motorcycle accident and were being treated. At that time, I asked to be transferred to an internship at Mintoharjo Hospital so that I could rest and care for my parents who were in critical condition at the hospital at that time.

But the campus cruelly said please help Dian Damayanti because she is not competent to be a midwife. How did you feel when it was reported that your parents were in critical condition and needed you but the school did not give permission to see your parents for only 1 hour? Only answers from Mrs. Siti, the representative of the study program and Mrs. Santi by telephone. I was told to take vitamin medicine and try to rest when the patient is quiet.