General Indonesian News - 14 January - 23 June 2008

[Commonground]

The service the health in the community health centre was not more appropriate because of human resources (human resources) him, like the doctor and the nurse, really not all that.
Each Dinkes time asked the increase in the new power for the community health centre, to have not been filled.
Not many kind doctors who wanted to be assigned to puskesmas.Kebanyakan the specialist doctor who just graduated from education chose the practice in RS. Sebenarnya at this time the community health centre really needed the power obgyn and interna.
Unfortunately, until this the power was still limited.
To investigate him, Dinkes took the power out sourcing or the contract power.
Along 2007,Dinkes dismissed the budget as big as Rp5 billion only for the power out sourcing that was employed in the community health centre.
-snip- [I didn't read it]

"Well, now was kept coming to bring the Askeskin card, all the needs could filled. Began from first entered until the maintenance came home", said Urip.
As a result, daily had 5,000 patients who took medicine to RSU Dr Soetomo.

There is also that only was sick the cough and flu chose to be treated in RS than in the community health centre.

http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/jawa-timur/kurangnya-sdm-dan-rendahnya-kepercayaan-p.html

[sharon sanders]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Is this medicine tamiflu?

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Florida1, I don't know. That is all the article said. The only time the word "flu" was mentioned was in the last sentence. The crux of the article was the fact that the Community Health Centers are not staffed or equipped, and the people are choosing to go to the Hospital.

Here's the Title of the article:

The shortage of human resources and the Low Level of the Pasien Belief

If you would like I can translate the whole article. Just let me know.

[sharon sanders]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Only translate it if you think it is worthwhile. Is a daily inflow of 5,000 patients a customary number?

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

I have no idea. I concentrate on translating articles re: infection of bf.
Here's the article:

Each Dinkes time asked the increase in the new power for the community health centre, to have not been filled. "If his implement continued to be increased but his operational power was not available, clearly unfortunate.
Therefore, every time will have the increase in the implement always was counted on by us, there is not the available power there" revealed the Head of Dinkes Surabaya Dr Esty Martiana Rahmie.
Mentioned the specialist's power.
Not many kind doctors who wanted to be assigned to Public Health Centers. Majority of the specialist doctor who just graduated from education chose the practice in RS. Sebenarnya at this time the community health centre really needed the power ob-gyn and internal.
Unfortunately, until this the power was still limited.
To investigate him, Dinkes took the power out sourcing or the contract power.
Along 2007,Dinkes dismissed the budget as big as Rp5 billion only for the power out sourcing that was employed in the community health centre.

"During this 2008 we continued to rely out sourcing.
Moreover the amount more than 2007" revealed Esty.
In fact to minimise the patient's swelling in RS, Dinkes continued make an effort to provide the patient in even the subdistrict.
Especially the subdistrict that often was attacked by illness. middle area 2007,Dinkes opened the service treated to spend the night in several community health centres.
Plt the Head of the Installation treated the Emergency (IRD) RSU Dr Soetomo Surabaya Dr Urip Murtedjo SpB-KL said, the community's interest to take medicine to RS really quite high. This happened last since mid 2005, when the Health Minister (Menkes) poured out the poor fund of the community's health insurance (Askeskin).
Since then the resident from the group of middle economics down dared to take medicine to RS. Whereas, beforehand they thought twice when taking medicine to RS.

"Well, now was kept coming to bring the Askeskin card, all the needs could filled. To begin from first entered until the maintenance came home," said Urip.
As a result, daily had 5,000 patients who took medicine to RSU Dr Soetomo.
There is also that only was sick the cough and flu chose to be treated in RS than in the community health centre.

[HenryN]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

New bird flu patient admitted to hospital
JAKARTA: A 16-year-old patient suffering from bird flu has been admitted to Persahabatan Hospital in Rawamangun, East Jakarta.

The senior high school student, identified only as YF, was referred from Mitra Keluarga Hospital in Bekasi and admitted Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
The head the hospital's bird flu anticipation division, Mukhtar Ikhsan, said the patient's condition was bad.
"The patient has suffered acute pneumonia," he said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
A doctor from the division, Erlina Burhan, said the patient's lungs were being treated with a ventilator.
"The lungs can absorb oxygen up to 90 percent," she said. YF is the first patient treated for bird flu at the hospital this year. The hospital has treated as many as 14 bird flu patients with 12 deaths. -- JP

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20080114.C03&irec=2

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

The Stalled Claim, Employee RSUD To Threaten Demonstration

The official RSUD Sumedang threatened to carry out the demonstration.
The threat is related up to now to PT Askes Indonesia did not yet pay the health insurance claim (the Health Insurance) as big as Rp3,2 billion during September- Desember2007,macet.

Kasubid Verifikasi and RSUD Sumedang Nasam Accountancy said, as a result the Health Insurance claim stalled, RSUD could not pay medicine to suplier or the big producer of the pharmacy (FBF) .Namun, until currently PBF is still supplying medicine, so as the service to the patient was not disrupted.


"However, we became owing to supplier medicine of Rp 2.4 billion.
If immediately was not settled the scarcity of medicine
will happen" Nasam words, yesterday.
He explained, the other impact, the honorarium for hundreds of doctors, the nurse, the other medical staff, and the administrative power in RSUD Sumedang, also was not yet paid for several last months.


He said, they could threaten the demonstration if the honorarium immediately was not paid."The obligatory hospital paid their honorarium of 40% from one medicating patient", explained he.

http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/jawa-barat/klaim-macet-pegawai-rsud-ancam-demo.html

[Sally Furniss]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

The department of the Health (the Department of Health) and the Iranian government established the co-operation of the bird flu research, the HIV illness/AIDS and the medicine findings lai him.
This agreement was signed by the Health Minister (Menkes) Iranian Kamran B Lankarani, on Tuesday (15/1) when meeting Menkes RI Siti Fadillah Supari in Department of Health Jakarta.
This meeting as the signing follow-up nota kesepahaman the two countries in the field and the research of the Bird Flu illness of the health co-operation.
The "Iranian possibility will offer the production" of the "vaccine and the further research concerning the bird flu illness," said Fadilah.
Added by Menkes, the co-operation also included the pharmacy field, the provisions of medicine and health equipment.
Moreover Iran also opened the opportunity for the Indonesian health researchers to learn at the same time to change information and technology to the country of this Ahmad Dinejad.
Touched on concerning the Iranian offer to provide production facilities of the Menkes bird flu vaccine only smiled.
"We were still considering beforehand the form" of the "work with him," he said short.

http://www.media-indonesia.com/berita.asp?id=155607

[Sally Furniss]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Belasan the chicken in the Sand Village of Kulon RT 01/02, the Karanglewas Subdistrict, the Banyumas Regency, was affected by the bird flu virus (Avian influenza-AI), several of the him died suddenly.
"At least eight chickens belonging to the resident who died suddenly since last week, the" Pasir Kulon" Village headword, Wawan Priyanto, in Karanglewas, on Tuesday (15/1).
He said, the owner of this chicken was Abdul Mukti (two tails) and Kardiman (six tails).
However beforehand, said he, Kardiman sold 10 chickens with the sign that was the same as the chicken that died suddenly.
According to him, the carcass of chickens that died suddenly that there are those that was buried and burnt.
"We reported this incident to the subdistrict side."
On Monday (14/1) were done 'rapid test' and positive results were affected by the bird flu virus, he said.
According to him, tonight will be carried out by the socialisation to the resident concerning this bird flu attack and tomorrow the day will be carried out by the cleaning in the environment that was pointed out as the area of the AI spreading.
Separately, the Head of the Kesehatan Field of Livestock Breeding and fisheries in the Peternakan Service and fisheries of Kabupaten Banyumas, Sentot Sasmito Eko said did not yet get the report about the existence of the chicken that died suddenly in the Pasir Kidul Village.
"Nevertheless, if being combined with the case" of "Kulon Sand, the number of chickens had died suddenly in the Banyumas Regency since early January 2008 till at this time already 12 tails," he said.

http://www.media-indonesia.com/berita.asp?id=155617

Touched on concerning the availability of the vaccine, he said, the vaccine that was available around 100 thousand doses that were the remnants in 2007 the reason for the allocation in 2008 did not yet descend.</pre>

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Short video from National Bird Flu Comittee, with do's and don'ts:

http://fluburung-indo.blogspot.com/2008/01/iklan-layanan-masyarakat-video-waspada.html

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Short video from National Bird Flu Comittee, with do's and don'ts:

http://fluburung-indo.blogspot.com/2...o-waspada.html

More here http://fluburung-indo.blogspot.com/s...max-results=33

[Niko]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Ordinance unravels knotty poultry industry <!---Print DATE--> City News - Monday, January 21, 2008
Emmy Fitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Vendors selling chicken at East Jakarta's Pasar Rebo market can only be found after a walk through the depths of the market, a jungle of kiosks selling plastic household wares, garments and vegetables.

A row of chicken vendors sits among butchers and cooking-spice sellers. Water used to cleanse cow and chicken entrails is awash on the semi-cemented floor.
Next to chunks of chicken meat on the counters, most traders also keep live chickens in coops, for shoppers to choose. The slaughtering and plucking all happens over the counter.

"Some buyers prefer to see chickens slaughtered on the spot, to ensure we cite bismillah before cutting the chicken's throats," a vendor said, referring to the Muslim method of slaughtering chickens for consumption.

Whether meat is halal or not remains such a big issue, that many people seem not to care about the fact that live chickens are still sold widely at traditional markets.
Many chickens also roam freely in residential areas, one year after the city administration issued well-praised gubernatorial regulation banning backyard poultry farming.

The restriction -- issued by former governor Sutiyoso -- included banning the sale of live chickens at traditional markets, backyard poultry farming as well as the compulsory registration of pet birds.

The gubernatorial decree was released in the wake of numerous outbreaks of avian influenza in Jakarta and neighboring Tangerang. Though not immediately, it resulted in a number of campaigns and raids on backyard poultry farms.

Most confirmed human cases of avian influenza in Jakarta and Tangerang, were believed to have contracted the H5N1 virus from infected chickens raised in backyard farms.

Sutiyoso was showered with praise from various quarters and cities which attempted to follow the Jakarta model, despite the fact that chickens had remained 'family members' of many households, and the established chains of local chicken distribution were unchanged.

"We must admit, it sets a good example. Jakarta should be commended for its courage in making such a bold policy," chief executive of the National Committee of Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness Bayu Krisnamurthi said last week.

Sutiyoso's administration seemed meant what it said to have a better healthier environment for Jakartans when it brought the decree to the City Council which later on endorsed it as an ordinance in April.

"Law enforcement has always been relatively difficult in this country. Bylaws, especially, must be really clear and concise -- what is allowed and what is not. It's entirely different to traffic regulations -- if you're not wearing a helmet, you get fined," Bayu said.

Bayu said many of Jakarta's bylaws contained intrinsicly debatable points which "perhaps, officials find difficult to translate into practice."

Indonesia's poultry industry system is complex, Bayu said. A bylaw that addresses backyard farming does not necessarily include a range of farming for self-consumption, or commercial purposes, because many households sell products from backyard farms, he said.

"The bylaw cannot be effectively used on its own because the supply chain transverses more than one city," he said.

Jakarta, the capital city, is neighbors with the cities of Tangerang, Depok, Bogor and Bekasi which are respectively under the jurisdiction of Banten and West Java provinces. Live chickens from the neighboring cities are sold at several wet markets across Jakarta, topping up supplies from small to medium poultry businesses operating in Jakarta.

Banten provincial administration has issued the same poultry restrictions but has been met with strong opposition from Jakarta and Tangerang officials.

Cooperation between local regional administrations was the key to effectively implementing poultry regulations, Bayu said.

"In Jakarta's case," Bayu said, "neighboring administrations must also impose similar policies," he said.

Agriculture Ministry director of poultry cultivation Jayadi said the central government could only provide technical assistance while encouraging regions to actively control and supervise the poultry industries in their respective territories.

He said a presidential instruction on poultry restriction was issued last year but could only advise regional administrations to come up with similar ordinance in their respective regions.

"Under the regional autonomy law, regions must take responsibility for such issues. The central government and the Agriculture Ministry can only support this by issuing guidelines to accompany the regulations," Jayadi said Saturday.

New guidelines to be issued this month concern (poultry) zoning.

"I doubt Jakarta will need these guidelines because there is not much poultry industry in the city," he said.

Other than proximity with housing areas, the zoning guidelines would include sanitation and cleanliness requirements to be performed by the poultry industry.

Jakarta, Jayadi said, had taken a big step toward making the poultry industry comply with best practices, for the sake of a healthier environment.

"It's not 100 percent rid of backyard poultry but at least the bylaw has reduced the number. Let's think positively. We have a Criminal Code but there are still thefts ... the bylaw is more or less the same, it's there to take on outlaws, not to make all people criminals," he said.

One key way to prevent the spread of avian influenza, Jayadi said, was with public awareness and compliance.

"When the public begins to realize the risks posed by zoonotic diseases from animals they keep in their own backyard, I think the bylaw will get a greater acceptance," he said.


http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20080121.D06&irec=5

[FrenchieGirl]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Suharto dies aged 86

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...BrandChannel=0

Note on page 2 of the article:

"Ever since Suharto was rushed to hospital three weeks ago, preparations have been under way for his funeral in Java's royal city of Solo.

The Suharto family mausoleum at Giribangun, 35 km (21 miles) northeast of Solo, was closed to the public soon after Suharto was admitted to hospital -- officially for a routine cleaning, although witnesses saw tents and chairs being arranged as if for a funeral.

Some hotels in Solo have also reported block bookings for the funeral guests."

So we might expect huge attendance at the funeral with the corollary risk for infectious diseases...

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...31614020080127

Good background article on Suharto's dictatorship and what he did to the Indonesian economy and society.

Note on page 5 of the article:

"The media, however, has flourished in the past decade and is now free to report on corruption and injustices"

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

INDONESIA: Scientists worry bird flu strain is drug resistant -

28/01/2008

Indonesia has the world's highest number of bird flu deaths and now scientists are trying to find out why. One theory being tested is that the Indonesian strain of the H5N1 virus is less susceptible to conventional antivirals.

Presenter - Joanna McCarthy Speaker - Professor Anne Kelso from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza in Melbourne, Dr Deoraj Caussy, Epidemiologist, World Health Organisation.

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/s2147920.htm

credits Solitaire

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

From Bali

It was limited that Time, the Execution of the Bird Flu Building Stopped


Bali - the Stopping of the development of the bird flu building in RS Sanglah, Denpasar, not resulting from fund corruption, but more when the execution of the very short project.

This matter was sent by Director PT. Sari Amerta Gina Utama, Made Re- Dina, the winner's contractor of the tender for the development project of this bird flu building.

According to Made Regina, his side was chosen to carry out this project, in view of the fact that bargaining that was put forward by his side was cheapest bargaining.

He also said, his side had not intended to leave this project.
The stopping of this project, according to him was because of the side's first request, in this case the Kesehatan Service of the Balinese Province.

PT SAGU personally, said Made Regina, acknowledged could not complete the right on time project, because various hindrances, like time that was given were counted from August 16 to December 3 2007 that was judged very short.

That not to mention the nonexistence of tolerance for time that was given by the first side to the contractor, also the location of the narrow project, that caused the mobilisation difficulty of the building materials, so as to need quite a bit of time. Illiterate experienced the delay of the implementation.

So, up to the end of the contract, on December 3 2007, we just reached 38.106 percent of that necessarily 100 percent, said Made Regina to the reporter in Denpasar, on Tuesday (29/01/2008).

Now concerning the existence of rumours of fund corruption by the certain side that caused the stopped project of the bird flu building, Made Regina admitted to not knowing about this matter.

His side personally agreed to this project with the value of the fund 1,7 billion rupiah. And on the severing of this contract, his side paid the fine of 5 percent of the total fund, or 85 million rupiah.

http://news.okezone.com/index.php/ReadStory/2008/01/30/1/79328/terbatas-waktu-pengerjaan-gedung-flu-burung-sanglah-terhenti