PKK And Posyandu Were ASKed By The DKI Health Office To Provide Education About Accounting For Acute Kidney Failure

JAKARTA - The Family Welfare Empowerment Mobilization Team (PKK) and cadres of integrated service posts (posyandu) are asked to provide education related to acute kidney failure. The DKI Health Office (Dinkes) said this step was taken after many cases in Jakarta.

"Currently, with reports of cases of mysterious acute kidney failure in DKI Jakarta, we hope that the mother and staff of the PKK and all posyandu cadres in the community work hand in hand to provide motivation and understanding to the public about this issue," said Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office Widyastuti in a discussion quoted on Sunday, October 23.

Widya explained that there have been dozens of cases of acute kidney failure in Jakarta. As of October 20, 82 children were recorded as attypical progressive acute child injury (AKI).

The data, continued Widya, was obtained from health facilities in Jakarta. "We made a kind of active discovery of this problem, combing through data in hospitals and those at health centers," he said.

Widya hopes that with the active movement of the team to search the data, cases of acute kidney failure will be detected more quickly. Moreover, the central government is currently conducting research related to this incident.

"The sooner it is known, the sooner it is detected, God willing, the sooner it will be handled," said Widya.

"Of course, apart from combing the data, we also took security measures against one of the factors that should be suspected to be the trigger for acute kidney failure," he continued.

As previously reported, cases of acute kidney failure have become a public spotlight. Based on data from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) there were 133 children who died and 69 children were declared cured after undergoing treatment, including dialysis.

This case has increased significantly, allegedly due to the content of eltylene glycol and dietilen glycol in child sirop drugs that exceed the threshold.

After increasing cases, the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has ordered the pharmaceutical industry to attract the circulation of 5 types of sirop drugs containing EG exceeding the safe threshold.

Five types of sirop drugs that are considered to contain EG contamination exceed the safe threshold are:

1. Thermorex Sirup (depth medicine), production of PT Konimex with distribution license number DBL7813003537A1, packaging boxes, plastic bottles @60 ml;2. Flurin DMP Sirup (cough and flu medicine), production of PT Yarindo Farmatama with distribution license number DTL0332708637A1, packaging boxes, plastic bottles @60 ml;3. Unibebi COugh Sirup (cough and flu), production of Universal Pharmaceutical Industries with distribution license number DTL72263037A1, packaging Dus, Plastic bottle @ 60 ml;4. Unibebi Fever Sirup ( fever medicine), production Universal Pharmaceutical Industries with distribution license number DBL8726301237A1, packaging Dus, bottle@60 ml;5. Unibebi Fever Drops ( fever medicine), production Universal Pharmaceutical Industries with distribution license number DBL19263336A1, Dus packaging, bottle @15 ml.