Aussie medical aid for Maluku hospitals<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Australian government, which has pledged
\nA$4.5 million in emergency medical aid to Indonesia's district
\nhospitals and clinics, delivered on Thursday a medical aid
\nshipment to Ambon, Maluku.<\/p>\n
The package, containing essential medicines and other
\nnecessities, will supplement stocks at Maluku's seven type C and
\nD district hospitals and will be used in the treatment of public
\npatients, the Australian Embassy said in a statement made
\navailable to The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Rani Noerhadhie, a representative of the official Australian
\nAid Agency (AusAID) in Jakarta, presented the aid to the vice
\ngovernor of Maluku, Brig. Gen. Paula Renya'an, at the provincial
\nhealth office in Ambon on Thursday during an official ceremony to
\ncommemorate the National Health Day.<\/p>\n
The aid is part of Indonesia's A$60 million crisis aid package
\nto Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"Besides Maluku, Australia is concentrating its help in four
\nprovinces -- West and East Nusa Tenggara and Southeast and South
\nSulawesi,\" Noerhadhie said.<\/p>\n
\"Australia is aware of the complexity of problems caused by
\nthe current crisis and realizes that this is a burden on
\nhospitals and clinics because they are dealing with more patients
\nand higher costs.\"<\/p>\n
The aid will go to a total of 53 hospitals and a second
\nshipment later in the year will be directed to 780 public health
\ncenters in the same five provinces.<\/p>\n
Each box of supplies contains essential medicines, including
\nthe commonly used Amoxicyllin and Paracetamol and items for
\nsurgical use such as infusion sets, disposable syringes and
\nsterile surgical gloves, and other necessities, and will
\nsupplement stocks at public hospitals.<\/p>\n
Australia has worked closely with Indonesian health
\nadministrators, hospitals and state-owned pharmaceutical
\ncompanies -- PT Kimia Farma and PT Indo Farma -- to stock and
\ndistribute the packages.<\/p>\n
The medicines, labeled as Australian aid, are formulated to
\nconform to Indonesian standards and have been made in Jakarta by
\nPT Kimia Farma and PT Indo Farma.<\/p>\n
Australia and the Ministry of Health will closely monitor
\ndistribution and use of the medical supplies in the targeted
\nprovinces and districts. (hhr)<\/p>",
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