Many Indonesians have diabetes

Many Indonesians have diabetes

BANDUNG: Between one to two percent of all Indonesians have
diabetes which, a senior official says, will become a serious
health problem unless something is done.

The director general for medical services at the health
ministry, Soejoga, said that the finding came from a recent
ministry survey.

"The problem will worsen if it is not handled seriously," he
told participants of a national symposium on endocrinology over
the weekend.

The mortality rate of patients with diabetes is twice as high
compared to those who do not have it," he said, adding that
people with diabetes melitus usually suffer from a complication
of other diseases.

An estimated 100 million people all over the world now have
diabetes, or three times more than in 1987, Soejoga said. (pet)

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Rural areas need more teachers
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Rural areas need
more teachers

BENGKULU, Sumatra: The head of the local office of the
Ministry of Education and Culture, Idrus Mauma, says he cannot
accept requests from teachers who work in isolated areas that
they be moved to urban centers because the villages need them.

Idrus said that the teachers' request was illogical because
some schools in rural areas were still badly in need of teachers
while the towns already had an abundance of teachers.

Most of the 1,316 elementary schools in this province are
located in the villages and 73 of them lack teachers.

"We need 1,500 more teachers, especially in the fields of
religion an sports," he said, as quoted by Antara.

Idrus added there were only 11,500 teachers working in this
province and that was not enough.

"On many occasions a teacher has to handle three or four
classes at the same time", Idrus said. (03)

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Village head jailed for graft
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Village head jailed
for embezzlement

CIREBON, West Java: A village head has been sentenced to five
years imprisonment for embezzling Rp 252 million ($120,000) from
his office.

Kadiman Sakim, 34 years old, head of the Tegalwangi village in
the Cirebon regency, was found guilty of misappropriating the
money, part of the proceeds of a Rp 1.2 billion sale of state
land which he handled, Antara reported.

Kadiman, who is planning to appeal against the verdict, in his
defense said he was simply borrowing the money and had planned to
return it. (emb)