Indocement opens new clinic

Indocement opens new clinic

JAKARTA (JP): PT Indocement, a private-owned cement company,
has opened a 24-hour health center in its factory in Cibinong,
West Java, for its workers as well as residents around the
factory.

Director of the company, Soepardjo, said that the health
center provides emergency room facilities and routinely holds
public presentations on health care for the workers and local
residents.

Antara reported that Soepardjo officially opened the health
center over the weekend.

Head of the company's health department, Meily Widjaja, said
the clinic will also provide a mobile community health center, in
cooperation with the Cibinong office of the Health Ministry.

The Rp 1.3 billion (US$590,909) health center, which is built
on a 4,526 square-meter plot, employs 72 workers, including seven
general practitioners and three dentists. The clinic can
accommodate about 250 patients per day. (yns)