Population Badi Island Died: Residents complain about Shortness of Breath, High Heat, and cough

Hospital Hundreds of Pangkep MassalTiga Population Badi Island Died: Residents complain about Shortness of Breath, High Heat, and cough; Kadus Call Ignored Public Health Service; Medical Team: Influence of Weather; Governors Direct Phone Regent IST

Monday, October 4, 2010 6:09 pm
Makassar, Tribun - Hundreds of district residents who live in the region Pangkep Badi Island, District of South Tupabiring Liukang disease simultaneously.


Ironically, residents do not get health care because there is no doctor on duty on the island. Three people reportedly died.
Head North Mattirodeceng Hamlet, Village Mattirodeceng, Abdullah A, to the Tribune, Sunday (3 / 10), revealed the poor condition of health of its citizens in a fishing village on coral islands in the strait Sulawesi Spermonde this.
In the language of Makassar coast accent, Abdullah said, within a period of nearly two months, half the residents of about 540 heads of households (families) experiencing symptoms of a uniform disease.
"High heat, cough, can not walk, and pain teggorokan. The disease is moving-moving (transmitted) from one household to the other families," Abdullah said via cell phone around 10:00 pm.
Had circulated the issue of bird flu plague-stricken citizens. But the Chief Medical Officer (Kadinkes) Pangkep Dr. Latif MKes Indriati denied any symptoms of bird flu on the island of Badi
South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo and Regent Pangkep Batara Shamsuddin Hamid also denied the existence of endemic bird flu.
"From staff reports in the field, there is no such symptoms (bird flu). The government already has a standard operating procedure (procedure)
if there is something like that, "said Syahrul who continue to communicate with his staff when notified incident.
Concerned Citizens
Abdullah, who is also reef fish fishermen say, his wife and two children also attacked by the disease. "I Rana (4 th) and Adi (7 th) has also been hit," Abdullah said both her son's name.
Citizens increasingly worried, because within the last month there were three local residents with fever who later died in the onslaught of free socialized health care program by the South Sulawesi provincial and regency Pangkep.
Those who die each Daeng Jumintang (61), Daeng Saenab (50), and Daeng Tija (45).
Up at 22:00 pm last, night from PHC medical team led Sarappo Hasan Basri drg is still reviewing the inspection from house to house.
New physician Tim descended to the island, a distance of about two hours travel from Makassar after Tribune confirm to a number of parties.
Initially, Dr. Inriati denied when hundreds of people became ill Badi Island en masse. He also mentioned a doctor who served in (pustu) on the island regularly.
Residents of the island states, they do not get adequate health care because doctors only come in time for months.
As a result, some of them forced to seek treatment themselves by utilizing the existing families in Makassar, particularly around Port Paotere.
From the examination until at 21.00 pm last night, team doctors have examined about 20 households on the island.
"We take a break for a while," said drg Hasan Basri, who was appointed chairman of a special medical team to the island.
In a report to the Regent Pangkep Kadinkes Pangkep around 21:00 mentioned, there are people who died Friday (1 / 10) then.
"The dead were three people aged over 50 years because it had long been ill, because of age, complications, tumor and stroke. So it's not because of bird flu," so SMS kadinkes to the regents.
Text message that is forwarded (continued) Regent Pangkep to Tribune at around 22:21 pm. Shamsuddin claimed to have been called by Governor Syahrul to directly confirm the occurrence on the island of Badi.
Respiratory Disorders
In a separate report, which was also sent to the regents, said the health department until last night, seven people were reported affected by adult respiratory distress and coughing.
Three people have gastritis (sick uluhati), two children aged five and 11 years terinspeksi respiratory tract.
Meanwhile Mattirodeceng village chief, Abdullah Asegaf very grateful to DHO Pangkep that help and attention to residents in the island by sending medical teams to the island of Badi.
"We are grateful even though there had been three people Thursday who had already passed away a few days ago," he said.

Weather Eskstrem
The medical team admit, from the initial diagnosis found no severe flu symptoms and respiratory disorders. "I've come around sejat tation afternoon (yesterday). The diagnosis while not the bird flu, that I can confirm that. What we get is people complaining about the extreme weather," said drg Basri who is also Head of Puskesmas Sarappo.
Sarappo Island is the capital of southern Tupabiring KOTRA District. This island is about one hour trip to the island of Badi and 2.5 hours from Pangkep.
This health center in charge of seven villages and 11 islands that 2-5 hour distance from Pangkep and Makassar.
Drg Badi Basri arrived on the island about 16.00 pm. He boarded the ship from Port Paotere Makassar residents with a young doctor, Grace Prasad, and paramedics, Alimuddin.
"Tomorrow (today) will come again additional medical team from Makassar and Pangkep," said Hasan.
Kadinkes Pangkep also scheduled to accompany the medical team left for this heart.
Concerned Citizens
Residents named Haji Ismail (65) mentions, his wife Hajjah Bahraini (51) has been attacked by the disease since the fasting month.
He described, if a high fever that came to attack, blowing "east monsoon winds in the morning" will also be lost.
Winds during the dry season on the island used to come at dawn the day at the beach so the water was very cold as the water in the refrigerator.
Residents who did not get sick were taken to hospital in Makassar due to bad weather hit the island. "After Eid Lebaran then the sick person is ready to be taken to Makassr for treatment but all of a sudden high waves so that we cancel," he said.
Territorial waters of Sulawesi since last September entered the transition period climate and weather. High waves and heavy rains often come together.
Ismail and head of the hamlet mentioned last week some 100 people will be brought to a hospital in Makassar for treatment.
However, due to money constraints, they only treated the road and went back to Pulau Badi That there is money that could be to Makassar, "he said.