'City should no a better job"

'City should no a better job"

On average, 10 people with dengue fever are admitted to city-
owned hospitals every day, bringing the total of dengue cases
since the beginning of this year to nearly 2,000. The central
government has declared an extraordinary incidence of dengue in
Jakarta and five other regions, and has urged that extra measures
be taken to curb the outbreak. The Jakarta Post asked residents
how they deal with the issue.

Ibu Ginting, 48, runs a small stall in her house in Meruya
subdistrict, West Jakarta:

Nobody in our complex has contracted dengue. Not this year and
not last year.

And nobody has come to fumigate the neighborhood either.

Do you want to know how we prevent dengue outbreaks in our
neighborhood? We clean the area every Sunday to eliminate places
for mosquitoes to breed. We do it at our own initiative.

Hendra is in his 40s and works for a private company. The
father of two lives in Joglo, West Jakarta:

I am not that worried about dengue because no one in our
neighborhood has contracted it.

I take extra care to eliminate any places in my house where
mosquitoes might breed.

I don't think the city administration has done enough. It
should do a better job as an outbreak happens every year.

And why are they providing free health care only for dengue
patients? They should provide free health care for all endemic
diseases.

--The Jakarta Post