Health centers fare poorly

Health centers fare poorly

YOGYAKARTA: The Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI) said on
Wednesday most community health centers here provided poor
service and had limited medical facilities.

YLKI official Ari Wibowo said a recent two-month study showed
that most of the health centers only had six of the required 12
medical facilities, which include a maternity room, wheel chairs
and disposal facilities.

Ari said the study also revealed that 66.4 percent of patients
at the health centers complained about a lack of physicians,
unfriendly service from paramedics, inaccurate diagnoses and
short service hours.

"The results drew our concern, particularly since there are
about 32,000 diarrhea cases and 23,000 respiratory cases we have
to cope with each year," he said. (swa/dja)