East OKU Health Office Handles 4,077 Diarrhea Cases Throughout January 'August 2025

The Office of the East OKU District Health Office, South Sumatra. (ANTARA)

MARTAPORE - Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) District Health Office, East Sumatra for the past eight months handled 4,077 cases of diarrhea experienced by people in the area.

"During the January-August 2025 period, there were 4,077 cases of diarrhea diseases that we handled," said Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the East OKU Health Office, Umaidah Kosim, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, September 6.

He said the thousands of diarrhea patients were mostly children who had been treated at several local hospitals, but no one had died.

"All patients were declared cured after undergoing intensive care at the hospital," he said.

According to him, diarrhea is prone to spread during the long dry season because the quality of river water has decreased so that many bacteria can trigger various diseases such as diarrhea.

"Because the Komering River water is a source of life for the people of East OKU Regency for their daily needs," he said.

As an effort to prevent diarrhea from spreading widely, his party is currently intensifying the Healthy Life Community Movement (GERMAS) campaign to ensure that the people of East OKU Regency avoid the spread of the disease.

In the GERMAS campaign, his party involved health workers in all Puskesmas to educate the public to maintain a healthy diet so that the body remains healthy.

The public is advised to eat vegetables and fruit plus regular morning sports activities to prevent the spread of disease quickly, especially in children.

"The most important thing is to avoid consuming river water. Even if you are forced to do water, it must be ensured that it is ripe before consumption," he said.