Disease strikes flood victims in Banten<\/p>\n
SERANG, Banten: Some 14,163 of 134,531 people whose homes were
\nrecently flooded have respiratory problems, diarrhea and skin
\nailments, says a local official.<\/p>\n
Sonya Priyadharsini, chief of the local health office, said in
\na coordination meeting on handling post-flood diseases here on
\nTuesday that flood victims were still being treated in general
\nhospitals in Serang, Tangerang and other regencies.<\/p>\n
\"Of all the thousands of affected people, five have died. But
\nmost of them have been allowed to go home,\" she said, adding that
\nher office had fumigated areas in hundreds of villages in all
\nregencies to avoid an outbreak of dengue fever.<\/p>\n
Sonya said her office was also cooperating with state-owned
\npharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma to supply low-cost drugs to
\nflood victims.<\/p>\n
\"Patients are not charged medical fees,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Besides displacing thousands of families, the recent flooding
\nalso damaged 6,200 hectares of paddy fields and 58 homes in the
\nprovince, causing Rp 122 billion in material losses. --Antara<\/p>",
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