Dedication of A Nurse

After graduating from the nursing academy, Sahidin worked for a few months for a foreign organization in Banda Aceh to help the victims of the tsunami. However, the will of his foster father called him back to his birthplace.

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Sahidin

Had it not been for his late foster father’s will, Sahidin, 33, would have left his remote village for a better life. His father’s will made him aware that life is not always about money, but about how we give benefits to others.

After graduating from the Helvetia Nursing Academy in Medan, North Sumatra, in 2005, Sahidin was asked to return home to Melidi village, Simpang Jernih district, East Aceh regency, Aceh. His foster father, Poniran, had willed for Sahidin to return to his birthplace.