56 People Treated At RSJ Sambang Lihum South Kalimantan Due To Being Drunk

Illustration of kecubung fruit (Datura Metel) on a tree. (Pixbay)

BANJAR - The patient referred to the Sambang Lihum Mental Hospital (RSJ) in Banjar, South Kalimantan (South Kalimantan), because he was suspected of getting drunk, continued to increase. Public Relations and Information at RSJ Sambang Lihum Budi Harmanto reported, as of Wednesday, as many as 56 patients had been treated, including a minor. Tuesday (increase) two, Monday one. In detail, 10 patients are still outpatient, four are discharged. So what is left here is about forty patients,'' said Budi Thursday, July 18. For the youngest patient referred to Sambang Lihum Hospital, Lihum is currently 14 years old. The RSJ has now modified the inpatient room to anticipate a surge in patients. Due to the treatment for patients who are indicated to be drunk, this obscenity is different from that of general patients, RSJ Sambang Lihum has allowed the patient to be accompanied by one family. Previously, the South Kalimantan Police had received the results of forensic laboratory tests (labfor) samples of wares that were suspected to be the cause of hallucinations users and had to be taken to Sambang Lihum Hospital.

The Director of Drug Investigation at the South Kalimantan Police, Kombes Pol. Kelana Jaya, said that from the laboratory test results, positive kecubung fruit contained atropin and skopolamin. However, kecubung is not yet included in the narcotics group regulated in Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics, so users cannot be criminally charged. South Kalimantan Police have also taken legal action by securing thousands of white pills without a brand which are also consumed by patients being treated at RSJ Sambang Lihum.