treatment at Malahayati Hospital which happened to
be close to where his aunt lived. The actual residence
of Ms. Yasin is very far to the hospital, so to undergo
treatment she must stay at her aunt's house. Ms. Yasin
had undergone Chemotherapy eight times, but it
made her physically weakened so she decided not to
continue the medical treatment, but instead switched
to Islamic spiritual treatment, namely by Rukiyah.
During her chemotherapy, Ibu Yasin was not overly
burdened because all of her medical expenses were
fully borne by the BPJS.
Ibu Yasin, who no longer wanted to take
chemotherapy treatment, felt that her condition was
gradually getting better than before, and could do her
usual daily work such as taking children to school,
cooking, cleaning the house and others. According to
Halima's explanation materially she never helped
Mrs. Yasin, but Mrs. Halimah and other neighbors
gave motivation and prayers especially when they
were staying at her house, said Halimah.
Mama Pahri is Yasin's neighbor. According to
Mama Pahri, Ms. Yasin was a very good person.
Mama Pahri claimed to have also been to Mrs. Yasin's
house to give encouragement and motivation. He
could not provide material assistance. Yasin is a
typical person who does not want to spit his life, and
his circumstances. He doesn't bother anyone, so he
will do it alone as much as possible. Mama Pahri
learned that Yasin's mother was sick with Stage 3
breast cancer after several months of suffering.
Because Ms. Yasin did not want to tell him. Mama
Pahri learned that Yasin's mother was suffering from
such illness because after being told by Bu Yasin's
own husband.
Meanwhile, according to another neighbor Mr.
Regar (62 years). Mr. Regar knows that there is
information that in their environment there are people
who are suffering from breast cancer, he obtained this
information from his neighbors. But because their
environment is very closed, and fairly apathetic
makes it unable to blend and interact well with the
environment. According to him, the people in the
housing esteem are more old people than new people.
He also said that the people in the housing estate were
still primitive and did not want to progress. The proof
is that the STM (Union of Helping) Association of
citizens is no longer working. He has lived in the
housing estate for three years while it has been
established for 6 years. But he felt concerned and
sorry for people who suffer from breast cancer, that's
all he said. On the matter that Pak Regar is the Head
of the Environment in that place.
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grandfather in Batak language
Another story from Ms. Jovie (35 years) who is
usually called Mak Jovie, who said that Ms. Yasin is
a person who is very closed with other neighbors. He
rarely communicates with the environment in which
he lives. Even so far, Jovie's mother has never been to
Yasin's mother's house, because she doesn't like the
nature of Yasin's family. But her husband, Jovie, once
took Ms. Yasin to the hospital in the Medan City area
when Yasin's mother's illness recurred. According to
Mak Jovie he wants to help sufferers of breast cancer
but not for Mrs. Yasin. Because according to him,
Mrs. Yasin was a very talkative person who didn't
even allow his neighbors to enter his house.
While the other informant, Opung
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Rian (58
years) did not even know that in her neighborhood
there were people who had breast cancer. According
to Opung Rian.
Case 3: Mrs. Serawati and her friends' support
Ms. Cut is a little friend of Mrs. Serawati who is a
patient with end-stage breast cancer. Ms. Cut told that
Wati's mother had 2 sons and a daughter. His first
child is married, and lives in Pekanbaru City, while
his daughter is married and has a 1-year-old child and
lives with Mrs. Wati. Mrs. Wati has been suffering
from breast cancer for one year. According to the
story of Cut's mother, Wati's mother was unwilling to
be operated on, so her breast cancer had spread to the
liver and waist.
According to further explanation from Cut's
mother, that the last 2 months Wati's mother had
recovered, and even they had gone on a trip to the
Sidebu-Dust area together with the medical group.
While in Berastagi they were always together, still
joking and laughing together and looking for shoes
for their grandchildren's souvenirs at home. But now
somehow his condition suddenly dropped. He could
not move, just lying in bed and his body condition
was very thin.
Ms. Cut often visits her fortnightly home to comb
her hair, and gives encouragement to her distinctive
fussy style, even though her house can be said to be
somewhat far from Mrs. Wati. Besides Mrs. Cut, she
also has sales activities in her own house, because
Mrs. Wati only just falls asleep, apparently the hair
behind her has dreadlocks. His son only feeds him,
but does not pay attention to how his physical
condition. Finally Mrs. Wati was carried by Mrs. Cut
to the bathroom to be washed. Cut's mother often
even told her son to buy a razor. Then he slowly
shaved Mrs. Wati's dreadlocks until bald. Even
though Wati's mother was afraid of water, she still