Commission IX Of The House Of Representatives Asks The Ministry Of Health To Continue Monitoring The Conditions Of Refugees In Sumatra: Many Get Diarrhea-ISPA

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JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Charles Honoris, asked the Ministry of Health to immediately monitor the condition of the people affected by floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.

Charles said his party had received reports of many illnesses suffered by a number of disaster refugees in Sumatra. He also asked the Ministry of Health to immediately deal with the disease that hit the refugees.

Those who have found diseases such as, many yes, diarrhea, ISPA, leptospirosis. Therefore, we ask the Ministry of Health to continue to monitor and look for what is needed so that health services are right on target and can still be given to those in need," said Charles, Saturday, December 6.

"This includes drug inventory that is needed in the field. Because we also want to keep people who are currently undergoing health services, undergoing regular treatment, not because of disasters they end up not getting services so that their condition can worsen," continued the PDIP legislator from the Jakarta electoral district.

Furthermore, Charles said, currently 15 hospitals spread across North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh cannot operate, so many refugees cannot get health services.

"If I don't remember, there have been more than 15 hospitals that do not operate in three provinces that were affected by the flood. Likewise, the number affected, be it refugees, the number will also increase," he said.

He said Commission IX had asked the Ministry of Health to continue monitoring. "Even now we are still getting situation reports every day about health conditions in disaster areas, disaster locations," Charles said.