Emergency aid for holidaymakers

Emergency aid for holidaymakers

JAKARTA: State-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek and
publicly listed pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma have set up
integrated medical posts in 42 cities and towns across Java and
Sumatra to provide emergency aid for holidaymakers.

The 42 integrated health posts, stationed from Padang in West
Sumatra to Banyuwangi in East Java, will open 12 hours a day from
7:00 a.m. until 19:00 p.m. three days before and two days after
Idul Fitri.

"The medical posts backed up by doctors, drugs and ambulances
will provide free emergency aid for Idul Fitri travelers
who have health problems during their trips to their hometowns,"
Kimia Farma president director Gunawan Hartono said here on
Thursday.

Those in need of further medical treatment would be taken to
nearby hospitals, he added.

Jamsostek president director Iwan Priyono Pontjowinoto said
the medical posts were set up in bus terminals, railway stations
and seaports along the trans-Sumatra highway and the northern
coastal road on Java in a bid to build closer relationship
between the two state-owned companies and people.

"This program is part of our service to the public," he added.
--JP