5 subdistricts demand health centers

5 subdistricts demand health centers

JAKARTA: Residents of five subdistricts in South Jakarta --
Bintaro, Srengseng Sawah, Tanjung Barat, Ciganjur and North
Petukangan -- urged the mayor to build public health centers for
them.

The residents first made the demand five years ago, but still
no action has been taken.

"The mayor is discriminating against us. We have a right to
affordable health services at a public health center. We can't
afford to go to the hospital," said Imas, a resident of Bintaro
on Friday.

"We have integrated health services in community units and
neighborhood units, but they can't provide optimum health
service," she said, as quoted by beritajakarta.com.

Nining, a resident of Tanjung Barat subdistrict, said she had
to spend extra money on an ojek (motorcycle taxi) because the
nearest public health center was located in another subdistrict.

Mayor Dadang Kafrawi called on the mayoralty's health office
to work with the development planning office to find plots of
land in the five subdistricts suitable for public health centers.
-- JP