Govt sends health workers to Aceh

Govt sends health workers to Aceh

JAKARTA: The Ministry of Health sent on Tuesday another 57
health professionals, including more than 40 doctors, to Aceh in
an effort to improve medical services in the area.

Among the doctors, there are nine surgeons, six
obstetricians/gynecologists, five clinical pathologists, four
pediatricians, two ophthalmologists, two dermatologists, two ear,
throat and nose specialists, two psychiatrists, two
cardiologists, one urologist, one orthopedic surgeon, one
neurologist and a pulmonologist.

The health workers will work in different hospitals in the
province for three months.

To date, the ministry has sent a total of 309 specialists and
46 nurses to Aceh, where government troops are fighting against
the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM). -- JP