Health workers set for campaign

Health workers set for campaign

JAKARTA: Some 50,000 members of health task forces from the
Ministry of Health, military, police and the Indonesian Red Cross
are ready to provide care to participants of the election
campaign that kicks off on Thursday.

"The members of the health task forces have been trained to
provide emergency health care to victims of traffic accidents and
food poisoning during the campaign," health minister Achmad
Sujudi said on Wednesday.

Speaking after chairing a meeting of the task forces here,
Sujudi said they were ready to prevent unnecessary deaths during
the campaign.

The task forces will set up command posts close to campaign
venues beginning on Thursday, Sujudi said. Each post will be
manned by a medical team and an ambulance.

"We will give first aid to save lives. We do not want to see
people die because they did not get treatment soon enough," he
said. -- Antara