Kidney patients ask for help

Kidney patients ask for help

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Some 30 kidney patients of the
Abdul Moeloek General Hospital have requested help in
continuing their treatment from the ministers of health and
home affairs.

They said dialysis had become so expensive they could no
longer afford it.

The patients, whose treatment was covered by state-owned
insurance company PT Askes, said that not all treatment fees were
covered, Antara reported yesterday.

The fee for dialysis was about Rp 130,000. However, the
patients said that since last month they had been charged
additional fees ranging between Rp 194,000 and Rp 282,000
depending on whether they used old or new equipment. (rms)