MEDICAL ASPECT OF SUDDEN DEATH OF THE VOTING ORGANIZING GROUP OFFICERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION 2021

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The number of sudden deaths of the Voting Organizing Group (KPPS) officers in the Presidential and Legislative Elections on April 17, 2019 raises questions about the cause of death. The cause of the sudden death of the KPPS officer was allegedly due to fatigue. This fatigue is due to the large number of KPPS officers’ work in the voting process, with a heavy workload. Verbal autopsy is one method that can be used to explain sudden death to KPPS officers without a conventional autopsy. The term “Karoshi” (death due to overwork) is more appropriate to use in the situation experienced by KPPS officers. Workers who are exposed to severe working conditions such as long working hours, work that includes excessive psychological stress and/ or work in an unpleasant environment, accumulate fatigue, develop into a state of excessive fatigue and die from cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and cerebral infarction., or ischemic heart disease such as angina pectoris and myocardial infarction.