Known As Cure For Cancer, Bajakah Roots Seize World Achievement

Bajakah from Central Kalimantan, is rapidly taking the spotlight from all over the world. Anjellita, a class XI high school student (SMA) in Palangkaraya City, Central Kalimantan, succeeded in bringing Bajakah to a world-class gold medal at the International British Innovation, Invention, Technology Exhibition (IBIX) Award 2020. Anjellita and the bajakah won in event held in December 2020, in the industry category.

Starting from South Korea Previously, this Bajakah from Central Kalimantan had achieved an international achievement at the World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) in Seoul, South Korea in July 2019. After that, many people hunted for the root of the bajakah to sell it.

Bajakah is an important discussion in the world of health, because it is called a cancer drug. Research by students in the city of Palangkaraya said that bajakah wood could be used as a breast cancer drug. Many breast cancer patients have already felt the benefits after consuming the root of bajakah. That's what makes Anjellita continue to explore the Bajakah Root. Together with Helita who is the supervising teacher for scientific work at her school, Anjellita must try to register Bajakah in the prestigious IBIX Award 2020 event which will be held in London, England. "I am interested in researching the root of bajakah wood, because many have felt the benefits," said Anjellita to Kompas.com, while showing her gold medals and certificates.

Winning the gold medal in the IBIX Competition was originally scheduled to be held in May 2020. However, it was delayed due to the corona virus pandemic that hit the world. In November 2020, the organizers requested that the bajakah roots, which are claimed to be breast cancer drugs, be sent in the form of finished materials that have been packaged. Anjellita was also asked to write scientific papers and other necessary things. In the end, the competition was held virtually, without the presence of the participants. “The event was postponed due to the pandemic. But then we got information that the event would still be held, albeit virtually. But we couldn't watch it, because of the time difference between Palangkaraya in Indonesia and London," said Anjellita. Anjellita said she was very happy when she received the results via email. The IBIX organizer stated that Anjellita won a gold medal for medical innovation and public health. This time, Anjellita with her Bajakah again competes at the student level, but competes in the industry category which is followed by 50 other countries. IBIX again offers Anjellita to continue the advanced program, namely the Special Award stage. However, because she realized that the cost needed to participate in this stage is very high, she finally resigned and achieved a gold medal in the industry instead. "I was offered by the organizers to participate in the Special Award event. But because there must be an additional budget, while I no longer have budget, I finally chose not to participate in the Special Award event," he said.

However, Anjellita still wants to continue research on bajakah roots. She hopes that bajakah wood can be produced for the benefit of the health of many people, especially for breast cancer sufferers. Research on bajakah wood also provides education to the public that there are many variants or types of bajakah roots, not all of which can be consumed as medicine. In fact, according to Anjellita, there is a variant or from the root of bajakah which is actually poisonous


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