Cancer hospital donors awarded

Cancer hospital donors awarded

JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto awarded yesterday 10 businessmen who donated money towards the construction of the first cancer hospital in Indonesia.

The people were also officiated as members of the Donor Council of the Dharmais Foundation chaired by President Soeharto.

The cancer hospital, located on Jl. S. Parman, West Jakarta, is managed by Dharmais Foundation. The hospital was officially opened on May 30 of last year.

President Soeharto said yesterday that the foundation had spent Rp 107.8 billion (US$47.5 million) on the construction of the hospital.

"The construction has not been completed yet, however. It is designed to have a total of 300 rooms for patients, while only 100 have been built so far," Soeharto said.

The President said that there are now 31 people listed as members of the donor council.

The 10 businessmen to receive the awards yesterday were Robby Sumampow, Budiman L, Kurnia Wijaya, Toni Hardianto, Benny Tatimu, Sukanto Tanoto, P.O. Suwandi, Sanivasan, Mike Lee and Rachman Halim. (sur)