9 Bedouin Residents Died As A Result Of Campak And TB Suspects, One Of The Victims Had Putusan Drug

The toddler in Cisadane Village, a Bedouin settlement, has a fever and red spots that are suspected to betors during the tracking of the cremation case by the SRI medical team. (ANTARA-Mansur)

LEBAK - Nine Bedouin residents in the interior of Lebak Regency have died due to suspected symptoms and tuberculosis or TB for the past month. "The nine Bedouin residents who died were among others, seven suspected Colombians and two people were cut off from taking TB drugs," said Indonesian Friends of Volunteers Coordinator (SRI) Muhammad Arif Kirdiat when visiting Bedouin settlements in Lebak Regency, Banten, Tuesday, September 20. Following up on the death of the Bedouin community, Arif said SRI was tracking the case against people who were in close contact with the sufferer. The traces of carpentry cases were carried out by combing into Bedouin villages door to door or house. Arif said, on the first day the SRI medical team dropped, vitamin A was given to 56 residents in Batukah Village and Cisadane. The effort was to prevent Government.

In addition, SRI also conducts health checks including pregnant women to prevent the rubella virus.

The SRI medical team also distributed milk and biscuits to malnutrition or people with malnutrition, and conducted a phlegm examination to find out the TB positive.

If a positive TB is found, it will be given mandatory to take medicine for six months. "We are targeting the next week to be able to carry out tracking in nine Bedouin villages and until the evening," he said.

In addition, to prevent, Arif said, SRI opened a health service post and involved doctors, midwives and nurses. The post is centered in Cijahe, which borders the Bedouin residential area.

"We hope that by opening a command post and tracking it to prevent cases ofembidge and Tb," said Arif.