JP\/2\/ACROSS<\/p>\n
Bone marrow patient dies<\/p>\n
SEMARANG, Central Java: The first patient to receive a bone
\nmarrow transplant in Indonesia died last Tuesday of heart
\ncomplications after surgery.<\/p>\n
Lorensia Putri, 3 and a half years old, was treated at the
\nTelogorejo Hospital in Semarang for the past month following the
\nsurgery, the Antara news agency reported.<\/p>\n
The girl, who also suffered from thalassemia, suddenly
\ndeveloped heart complications before she died, A.G. Sumantri, who
\nheaded the surgery team, said. \"We've done all we could to treat
\nand save Lorensia,\" he said. (emb)<\/p>\n
Crash survivor put in ICU<\/p>\n
PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: A woman who survived a plane crash
\non Mount Saran near Nanga Pinoh, Sintang, last week has been
\nadmitted to an intensive care unit at Dr. Soedarso Hospital here.<\/p>\n
Nur Intan Fitriani, 31, was found in a jungle about three
\nkilometers from the crash site. She left traces by cutting twigs
\nalong her path through the vegetation, enabling rescue workers to
\ntrack her down.<\/p>\n
Nine other people on board were killed when the Britten Norman
\nplane crashed as it was flying from Pontianak to Nanga Pinoh.<\/p>\n
Intan, who was not allowed to receive visitors, was seen
\nlifting her arm and talking to the nurses attending to her
\nyesterday, Antara news agency reported.<\/p>\n
Intan, a graduate of the Bandung Forestry Academy, is an
\nemployee of the West Kalimantan Forestry Office. (pan)<\/p>\n
Govt to launch `Clean Friday'<\/p>\n
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The government will launch a
\nnational \"Clean Friday\" campaign in Kayangan village, western
\nLombok Island, on June 10.<\/p>\n
The name of the campaign has been chosen to remind Moslems,
\nwho account for the majority of Indonesia's 185 million people,
\nof the religious duty to clean, not only their bodies, but also
\ntheir home environments before they go to mosques on Fridays, the
\nAntara news agency reported.<\/p>\n
West Lombok regent H. Mudjitahid yesterday said Minister of
\nHealth Sujudi and chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI)
\nHasan Basri are among several Jakarta officials who will attend
\nthe launching ceremony. (pan)<\/p>\n
Stern warning for shooting cops<\/p>\n
BANDUNG, West Java: The police promised to punish any officers
\nwho misuse their firearms.<\/p>\n
\"Each officer has to account for every single bullet he
\nfires,\" spokesman for the West Java police command, Lt. Col.
\nIstanto J., told journalists.<\/p>\n
Istanto was responding to reports that an off-duty officer
\naccidentally shot and badly wounded a driver of a taxied
\nmotorcycle in Cilegon, about 180 kilometers west of Jakarta, on
\nSunday.<\/p>\n
Police said the officer, whose identity is being withheld,
\naccidentally pulled the trigger when he was adjusting the
\nposition of the gun he had hidden under his civilian shirt. The
\nvictim, Rivai, 40, has been hospitalized with bullet wounds to
\nhis forehead. (pan)<\/p>\n
Two workers buried alive<\/p>\n
SEMARANG, Central Java: A landslide buried two workers alive
\nand seriously injured another in the Sendang Mulyo village near
\nhere.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred at a land quarrying
\nsite when the side of a hill slid down and buried the workers and
\nthe truck they were loading with earth.<\/p>\n
Hartono, the truck driver who survived the disaster, said the
\nincident happened as fast as lightning and that there was no way
\nto help his colleagues. (pan)<\/p>\n
One more ferry victim found<\/p>\n
SURABAYA (JP): The Search and Rescue Team, on Saturday, found
\nanother victim of the ferry Kaltim Mas II which sunk with over 70
\npassengers off Bali recently.<\/p>\n
The man was founded in Muncar coast, near Banyuwangi, 300
\nkilometers southeast of here, after he had been carried away by
\nthe current for two weeks. Twenty-nine victims of the sea mishap
\nhave been earlier found by the team.<\/p>\n
However, the team failed to identify the 30th victim who was
\nfound with his eyes, nose, jaw, ears and fingers missing.<\/p>\n
The only possible cue is the blue jean trousers the man wore
\nwhich was intact, Antara news agency reported.<\/p>\n
The team, comprising almost 200 rescuers from the Navy,
\nvolunteers and local fishermen, has also found 25 survivors.
\nTwenty-two others are still missing.<\/p>\n
The ferry was carrying six lorries, two containers and a bus
\nladen with 32 passengers when it went down in storm-tossed seas
\nbetween Ketapang area, near Banyuwangi, and the Balinese town of
\nGilimanuk, 125 kilometers west of Denpasar. (prs)<\/p>\n
Americans study Balinese tradition<\/p>\n
DENPASAR, Bali: Some 16 old-aged visitors from the United
\nStates have been staying on this island since four months ago
\nto study the local social life and tradition.<\/p>\n
The visitors, guided by tour operator Michalle Chin, are also
\ntrying to make a comparative study on the life of their
\ncounterparts in Bali, the deputy chairman of the Yayasan Wreda
\nSejahtera old age foundation (YWS), Luh Ketut Suryani on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
During their visit here, they stay with families for three
\ndays to have a taste of the Balinese everyday life.<\/p>\n
\"They also learn the deeply-rooted traditional and social
\nnorms and systems which include rituals at pura (praying place)
\nas well as the traditional irrigation system,\" Suryani said as
\nquoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
\"Balinese elders have better brotherly relationship among them
\nand are more religious than we in America,\" a visiting guest
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Michalle Chin said that American elders have better
\nattention from that is why they their enjoy better facilities
\ncompared to the elders here.<\/p>\n
\" The Americans also tend to be independent from their
\nfamilies,\" Chin said. (prs)<\/p>",
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