Companies donate to refugees

JAKARTA (JP): Two pharmaceutical companies in Jakarta donated 20,000 bottles of intravenous solution and 4,400 IVs worth Rp 260 million (US$32,500) to hospitals in East Nusa Tenggara to help meet the medical needs of refugees from East Timor.

PT Otsuka Indonesia and PT Widara Bhakti provided the medical supplies for at least 60,000 East Timor refugees in the province who need medical treatment. It will be delivered by the Indonesian Navy and Air Force within the week.

President of Otsuka Indonesia Kiyoshi Fukai and director of Widara Bhakti Budi Prasetio said they would donate more medical aid if necessary to East Timorese refugees.