Floods Expand In Jambi, Operations For Health Centers Are Optimized

Floods in Muaro Jambi Regency (ANTARA)

JAMBI - The Muaro Jambi District Health Office (Dinkes) through the Muara Kumpeh Inpatient Health Center UPTD optimizes health services to flood-affected residents through the mobile health center.

Head of the UPTD of the Muara Kumpeh Health Center, Fadilah, said that the mobile health center will reach the flood post with free inspection and treatment services. In this case, his party has coordinated with local village officials, and the mobile health center service is carried out on a scheduled basis.

Since there was a flood, he said, the Kumpeh Health Center has established a command post and operated a mobile health center by preparing a team to move quickly, which has carried out monitoring and monitoring to the community on a scheduled basis to go down to villages, especially those affected by the flood.

The existence of this post is in accordance with a circular letter from the Muaro Jambi Health Office and the team moved quickly to carry out monitoring from morning to evening to ensure that people who need health services receive services.

"We also pick up the ball if there are reports, for example, someone needs a service that cannot get out because it is far away, we visit it," said Fadilah, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, January 19.

Regarding the stock of drugs, according to him, so far it has been sufficient and even the stock has been added to anticipate a spike in cases of post-flood diseases.

The fast movement team that carried out monitoring and health services included doctors, nurses, midwives, the person in charge of health promotion (promkes) and traveling health (kesling), and others who took turns monitoring and seeing the condition of the people affected by the flood.

Currently, those found in the field, especially villages affected by the flood, have appeared a number of diseases, including upper respiratory tract infections (ARI), diarrhea, skin diseases, and others.

Anticipating a spike in cases, especially after the flood, his party appealed to residents to maintain health by implementing a clean and healthy lifestyle, if sick, immediately check with the nearest health service and be careful of the disease that arises, immediately get the nearest health service if sick, store food and drink properly, wash hands with soap, and use rubber shoes to prevent disease.