Ninety percent of sterilization done on women<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Most women practicing family planning in the
\ncapital opt for permanent contraception, an executive of the
\nIndonesian Association for Self-reliant Contraception (PKMI) said
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
\"Around 90 percent of the people in Jakarta who have had
\nsterilization surgery are women. The rest are men who chose
\nvasectomies,\" said Jamalul Insan, the association's project
\nofficer.<\/p>\n
The association is cooperating with 10 hospitals in Surabaya,
\nEast Java, and 16 major hospitals in Jakarta, Jamalul said.<\/p>\n
The 16 hospitals in Jakarta include the Mintoharjo Naval
\nHospital, Tarakan Hospital in Central Jakarta, Koja Hospital in
\nNorth Jakarta and Fatmawati Hospital in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
According to Jamalul, these hospitals will charge
\napproximately Rp 45,000 (US$11.50) per person for a vasectomy and
\nRp 65,000 ($20.60) for a tubaligation.<\/p>\n
However, Jamalul said, the costs of surgery depend on the
\nclassification of the hospital that will perform the surgery.<\/p>\n
\"Costs for a tubaligation in Jakarta range between Rp 25,000
\nand Rp 750,000. For a vasectomy it ranges between Rp 15,000 and
\nRp 400,000,\" Jamal said.<\/p>\n
He said the two operations take no more than an hour. The
\ndoctors need only 15 minutes for a vasectomy and 30 minutes for a
\ntubaligation.<\/p>\n
He added that a tubaligation patient requires six hours rest
\nin the hospital's recovery room, while a vasectomy patient could
\ngo home shortly after the surgery.<\/p>\n
Jamalul said that the chance of failure for the two surgical
\nprocedures, in Indonesia, is only 0.7 to one case in every 1,000.<\/p>\n
Dr. H.D. Djamal, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Tarakan
\nHospital, a city-owned medical center, said that in order to
\nqualify for a tubaligation a woman must be more than 30 years of
\nage, have three children, with her youngest child being at least
\nfive years old.<\/p>\n
Age<\/p>\n
Jamalul said that there is no age requirement for a man to
\nhave a vasectomy.<\/p>\n
Djamal said, despite the easier requirements and lower cost,
\nthe number of males participating in the self-reliant
\ncontraception program remains small.<\/p>\n
\"The hospital performs around 10 tubaligations per month. It
\nrarely receives male patients,\" the doctor said.<\/p>\n
Djamal is optimistic that with intense and continuous
\npromotion Indonesian men will understand the importance of male
\ncontraception and vasectomies.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Association for Self-reliant Contraception was
\nestablished in 1974.<\/p>\n
The association is a non-governmental organization which has
\nbeen appointed by the health ministry and the National
\nCoordinating Board for the Family Planning Program to coordinate
\nand supervise the application of self-reliant contraception
\nthroughout the country. (mas)<\/p>",
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