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        "msgid": "intestinal-worms-not-a-major-problem-for-seribu-islanders-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-12-26 00:00:00",
        "title": "Intestinal worms not a major problem for Seribu islanders",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Intestinal worms not a major problem for Seribu islanders JAKARTA (JP): Head of North Jakarta Health Office Sony L. Tobing denied a remark that most residents of the Seribu Islands are suffering from intestinal worms. Sony said the remark, made by a member of the City Council, was not supported by scientific research and was based mainly on condition in 1970s.",
        "content": "<p>Intestinal worms not a major problem for Seribu islanders<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Head of North Jakarta Health Office Sony L.<br>\nTobing denied a remark that most residents of the Seribu Islands<br>\nare suffering from intestinal worms.<\/p>\n<p>Sony said the remark, made by a member of the City Council,<br>\nwas not supported by scientific research and was based mainly on<br>\ncondition in 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>\"Even though my office has not conducted research on this<br>\nhealth problem, I am sure that the situation is much better<br>\nnow,\" Sony said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He also questioned the source of the remark. \"How can we<br>\nconclude that a resident suffers from intestinal worms, if he or<br>\nshe is short of nutrition?\" he asked.<\/p>\n<p>According to data at his office, approximately 40 percent of<br>\nSeribu islands' residents are suffering from respiratory<br>\ndiseases, 25 percent from skin diseases and another 19 percent<br>\nfrom nearsightedness.<\/p>\n<p>Sony explained that a community health center in the area also<br>\nrecorded that 19 out of 100 residents on the Seribu Islands suffer<br>\nfrom anemia.<\/p>\n<p>Sony said that efforts to do research at his office, in a bid to<br>\nget more reliable data on health problems in the area, is hindered<br>\nmainly by the absence of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>\"We need a constant electricity supply to operate our electron<br>\nmicroscopes,\" he said, adding that the existing electricity supply<br>\nis generated mostly by using solar technology and is not adequate to<br>\noperate the microscopes.<\/p>\n<p>Sony explained that his office has so far built six public toilet<br>\nfacilities on four of the biggest islands -- Panggang, Tidung,<br>\nKelapa and Untung Jawa -- in an effort to increase residents'<br>\nawareness about health and to reduce the possibility of being<br>\ninfected by intestinal worms.<\/p>\n<p>Sony admitted that changing the bad habits of local people, who<br>\nprefer to relieve themselves on the beach, is time consuming. \"We<br>\nneed volunteers to help educate residents and make them change their<br>\nbad habits,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sony, there are of 40 doctors and paramedics working<br>\non the islands serving a total of 15,000 residents. (yns)<\/p>",
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