Indonesia: Yogyakarta On Health Alert 9 Days before Feast of Eid-al-Fitr

Flow monitoring in the province of Yogyakarta Mudik

August 15, 2012

Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health (PP and PL), Ministry of Health, Prof. dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama SpP (K), MARS, DTM & H, DTCE, review the current health care going home in Yogyakarta Special Province (DIY), Monday afternoon (13/8).

Prof. Tjandra activities started with a review of a health post at Adi Sutjipto Airport, Yogyakarta. Health services in these posts have been commenced in the nine days before the feast of Eid al-Fitr (H-9) or on August 10, 2012, handled by the Port Health Office (KKP) class IV DIY, assisted health center staff and the local Health Department.

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In addition, Prof. Tjandra Yoga is also reviewing the PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital of Yogyakarta, because it is one of the hospitals in the standby route. It is interesting, in this hospital there called an ambulance motorcycles, motorcycle is carrying medical equipment so that they can out of the village.

"Currently, the faculty of Medicine, University of Islam Indonesia (UII) in Yogyakarta is developing a form of motorcycle ambulances like this", said Prof. Tjandra.

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