DKI Provincial Government Asked To Strictly Monitor Snacks At Schools To Press Cases Of Children's Kidney Failure

Illustration of schoolchildren (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD asked the DKI Provincial Government through the Trade Industry Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Cooperatives (PPKUKM) and the Department of Marine and Agriculture Food Security (KPKP) to tighten the supervision of snacks around schools. Secretary of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Wa Ode Herlina said, this is necessary to reduce the number of kidney failure cases in children. One way is by socializing the use of food ingredients sold by traders free of harmful content. Giving information to sellers in order to avoid artificial sweetening substances, preservables,'' said Wa Ode at the DKI Jakarta DPRD Building, Wednesday, August 14. On the one hand, the KPKP Office was also asked to educate parents about the meal plan or examples of healthy and nutritious food menus for children. Thus, it is hoped that snacks will not be found that use or contain harmful materials for children's health. Such as sugar, salt, and excess oil while cooking. For example, sugar, micin, then the wiretapping or preservables must be avoided immediately,' said Wa Ode. Previously, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Service (Dinkes) Ani Ruspitawati said there were 60 children undergoing kidney failure therapy at RSCM. "Currently, around 60 children underwent kidney failure therapy at the Child Kid Kidney Case Referral Hospital, namely the Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central General Hospital," said Ani, some time ago. Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin assessed that the spike in cases of kidney failure occurred due to increasingly massive health screening.

"What I can share is that (the case of kidney failure) does not only occur at RSCM, now screening has been massive," said Budi. Budi revealed that the kidney failure patient at RSCM is suspected of having type two diabetes. Many patients in the area were referred to the RSCM for treatment.