Health center reported to police

Health center reported to police

JAKARTA (JP): A man reported a community health center in the
Cilincing district, North Jakarta, to the police, for
administering a drug which he said caused the death of his wife.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday the
man, Herlan, 37, said the health center was responsible for the
death of Helmi, who was nine months pregnant. She died Tuesday.

Aritonang said Helmi, 35, went to the health center Tuesday
morning for her routine checkup.

"Helmi went to the center alone because Herlan was working
that morning," Aritonang said, adding the couple live on Jl.
Tanah Merdeka, Cilincing.

Herlan told police his wife's nose started to bleed when she
took the tablet prescribed by the doctor at the health center.

She received first aid treatment at the nearby Koja hospital
before she died at 9:30 p.m. that night.

Police reports said Helmi's nose was bleeding, her eyes turned
blue, and she was biting her tongue while sticking it out of her
mouth.

Aritonang said police were still waiting for the report on the
postmortem test on Helmi's body before proceeding with Herlan's
charge against the health center.

"It will take quite a long time to conduct a postmortem test
on an intoxicated body," Aritonang said.

Head of the city's health agency, Aslan Lasman, said a team
has been set up to investigate the case. (cst)