Jambi children suffer malnutrition

Jambi children suffer malnutrition

JAMBI, Jambi: Over 9,700 children below the age of five here
are suffering from malnutrition, but only 3,500 of them have
received proper medical assistance, an official said on Thursday.

Head of the provincial health office Abdul Hamid Syam told
Antara that the central government had been told about the
office's inability to help all the malnourished children. He said
promises of aid were yet to arrive.

In the effort the children, Hamid said Governor Abdurrahman
had ordered his staff to seek out private donors.

Hamid said seven babies died in June from malnutrition.