The Detection Office For 1 Child AGED 4 Months Is Suspected Of Having Experienced Lyu In Central Aceh

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin injected polio vaccine to children during the declaration of the polio National Immunization Sub Week (PIN) at the Aceh/ANTARA Governor's Hall

The Aceh Health Service stated that a 4-month-old child in Central Aceh Regency was suspected of suffering from polio or was paralyzed. Currently waiting for the verification of the results of the examination of samples from a laboratory in Jakarta. "So there is one case in Central Aceh, but it is still under verification again, the case of a 4-month-old paralyzed child. So it can't work yet, but there are weaknesses for members of the movement,” said Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Aceh Health Service, Iman Cheapman in Banda Aceh, Antara, Monday, January 16. Iman said that one of the government's efforts to free the westernmost province of Indonesia from the polio case, must look for as many cases as possible of children suffering from layoffs so that they can be handled immediately. Therefore, said Iman, officers in the field continue to look for polio cases starting from hospitals in the regions and to villages. Currently, from the results of the search, a case in Central Aceh is detected in Central Aceh which is suspected of being paralyzed due to polio. "So now being investigated by friends of WHO, UNICEF, the Ministry of Health and the local health office, whether it's a case of paralysis with polio or not. The sample has been taken, it has been sent, now we are waiting for the results," he said. Apart from Central Aceh, his party also conducted a search for polio cases in other areas in Tanah Rencong. However, so far, from samples that have been sent to Jakarta, there have been no cases of positive infection with paralysis due to polio. " “ In other areas so far there have been no reports, samples were sent to the center, and the results were all negative for polio," he said. In addition, said Iman, his party also could not confirm whether the 4-month-old baby had a history of immunization or not. The Central Aceh Health Service is also still investigating the history of immunization of the child. So far, the Aceh Health Service has recorded five cases of depletion, which came from the Mane region, Pidie Regency. Currently, all patients are in their respective homes. The first case patient is still trying to optimize the member's movement through therapy, while the other four cases do not have any symptoms. “ The condition of the first case is still like that, no change in him towards being able to run normally. If the other four until now have no symptoms, ” he said.