Health services for all

Health services for all

JAKARTA: Health care services have been set up in the lobby of
the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) building to ensure that
legislators, visitors and journalists covering the Annual Session
have quick access to medical treatment.

There are three booths offering health care, an emergency
clinic, three ambulances and a clinic set up in different
locations of the compound.

Each health care booth has one doctor and one paramedic on
hand. The emergency clinic is better staffed with a cardiologist
and an anesthetist ready to help with any medical problems.

Health care services are available from 9 a.m. until the last
session finishes at about 3 a.m..

Hadrian Tanjung, a doctor at one of the booths, said that the
first two days had been quiet.

"We haven't had any serious cases. People have only come with
minor complaints, such as headaches or fatigue," he said.

About 60 people came to his booth for a brief checkup on the
first day. The second day was even more quiet, with only 16
people who visited.

All the medicine available at the booths was provided by the
Assembly's secretary-general. --JP