563 jamboree participants get diarrhea<\/p>\n
PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): After the National Boy Scout
\nJamboree 2001 had been running for two days on Thursday, as many
\nas 563 participants suffered diarrhea and a high fever, forcing
\nthe organizing committee to rush some of them to nearby Margono
\nSukarjo public hospital.<\/p>\n
Deputy head of the health section of the organizing committee
\nDr. Gempol Suwandono said that some of the patients had to stay
\nat the hospital.<\/p>\n
A nurse at the hospital said 10 people were in a serious
\ncondition. "They are all from outside Java," said the nurse, who
\nwanted to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n
Nasir, a doctor in charge of the main health post at the
\nJamboree site said that the climate had affected the
\nparticipants' condition. "And the meal they ate might not have
\nbeen as 'clean' as it should have been."<\/p>\n
"It is 20 degrees Celsius at night at this tourist resort of
\nBaturraden. The climate might be unfriendly to those coming from
\n'hotter' areas."<\/p>\n
He said there were 10 health posts at the Jamboree site. "Each
\npost has two doctors and seven paramedics in attendance every
\nday."<\/p>\n
The Jamboree programs ran smoothly, despite participants'
\ncomplaints about the disappearance of water faucets and toilets.
\nThe organizing committee had yet to buy replacements.<\/p>\n
Security is a matter of concern at the Jamboree ground.<\/p>\n
The second day of the boy scouts meeting was also highlighted
\nby two motorcycle thefts. Both the motorcycles were stolen from
\nthe homestay complex in the village of Ketenger, where most of
\nthe Jamboree participants are accommodated.<\/p>\n
A 20-year-old man, who was caught red-handed by locals, was
\nmobbed. Police officers, whose post is close to the homestays,
\nsaved the unidentified man from the mob's anger.<\/p>\n
The officers were hard pressed to disperse the mob and save
\nthe suspect.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness, Darikun, a 40-year-old local, said somebody had
\nstolen his motorcycle parked in the yard in front of his house at
\n11 a.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n
"Then I parked another motorcycle at a place close to my house
\nand asked fellow villagers to watch while hidden. Later, at about
\n4 p.m., a man approached the motorcycle and started to wheel it
\naway until the villagers came out and apprehended him." (45\/sur)<\/p>",
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