Sunday, April 16, 2006

Papua diarrhea outbreak & careless health officers

Tigor Silaban, chief of Papua province`s healh office, blamed careless officers for the dead of 32 residents of Jayawijaya district for diarrhea.
The death of those residents was inseparable from negligence of local community health centers and supporting public health centers` officials who seldom showed up at their work places.
As a matter of fact, it was easy to handle the disease like diarrhea. "If the health officials on duty are on their working places, the sicks will easily get health services and practically the disease will never take a high death toll," he told Antara yesterday.
Health care infrastructure, just like education, is the most important sector that needs bigger attention in Papua. That's why it's understandable if provincial government would allocate around 15 percent of the special autonomy fund for health sector development. Statistics shown us that 18 percent of Papua kids were in a very bad diet.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

sorry, this has nothing to do with your blog.

but when u get back to the oil business would u mind letting us know how big (or small) Cepu is compared to Timor gap. (proven reserves or whatever measure is appropriate)

thanking you

April 16, 2006 11:38 AM  

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