E. Kalimantan seeks medical staff

E. Kalimantan seeks medical staff

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan (JP): Local officials here on
Wednesday highlighted the need for more medical staff in the
province saying that the lack of human resources severely impeded
health care.

The head of the provincial Health Agency, Awang Joenani, said
that the lack of medical staff was particularly acute in Kutai
Kertanegara Regency and Bulungan Regency.

"We've tried to conduct human resource training with locals in
those regencies this past year, but the results are limited," he
said as quoted by Antara.

As a consequence, the agency must assign medical staff to the
regencies.

Separately on Wednesday, Deputy Director for General Affairs
and Finance at A Wahab Sjachranie General Hospital here,
Sugiyanto, expressed hope that regional autonomy will not
significantly effect the hospital.

"We're hoping for an increased allocation from the regional
budget because only Rp 7 billion from the total hospital
expenditure of Rp 16 billion ($1.7 million) comes from the
budget," he said.(hdn)