Recovering Haryanto wins more empathy from artist, legislator<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
An elementary school student who is undergoing intensive medical
\ntreatment in a hospital in the West Java provincial capital of
\nBandung received a special visit from an artist and a legislator
\non Saturday.<\/p>\n
The beautiful film star and singer, Sophia Latjuba was
\naccompanied by her four-year-old daughter Eva and Dwi Ria
\nLatifah, a legislator of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
\nStruggle (PDI Perjuangan).<\/p>\n
\"I am truly concerned over Haryanto's fate. May he recover
\nsoon so that he can resume his studies. This (Haryanto's case)
\nmay be a good lesson for all parents to pay attention, even to
\nthe smallest problems their children face,\" Sophia said<\/p>\n
After chatting with the patient and his parents, Sophia
\npresented the family with a guitar and some money.<\/p>\n
Haryanto's room was crowded with nurses and other patients of
\nthe hospital's Intensive Care Unit for Children, who were curious
\nabout the visitors.<\/p>\n
Haryanto, from Sandang village, Garut West Java, has been
\nundergoing treatment at the hospital for more than three weeks,
\nsince he attempted suicide by hanging himself with telephone wire
\nat his house on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n
The sixth grader had been led to the attempt by his inability
\nto pay Rp 2,500 for the extracurricular activity of making birds
\nnests.<\/p>\n
On the previous day, Yogyakarta Governor Hamengkubuwono and
\nhis wife made a similar visit, declaring their readiness to be
\nfoster parents for Haryanto and to finance his studies.<\/p>\n
Many others, including private companies, have contributed
\nfinancial assistance to express their sympathy toward both
\nHaryanto and his family.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Dr. Suganda, one of the team looking after Haryanto
\nat the hospital, said that there had been progress, but he needed
\nmore time to fully recover.<\/p>\n
\"There is a possibility that he could be brain-damaged,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>",
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