Medical services for Idul Fitri

JAKARTA (JP): The City Health Agency is to deploy 59 ambulances and 500 medical personnel, including 60 doctors, at points in the city likely to be crowded during the Idul Fitri holiday.

The head of the agency, Aslan Lasman, said yesterday that ambulances and personnel would be stationed at bus terminals, railway stations, entertainment spots and on toll roads.

The medics, who would work in shifts around the clock, were needed to offer first aid to people involved in minor accidents when queuing to get tickets or crushed in large crowds, he said.

Aslan said the deployment of the medical personnel would be conducted in cooperation with other institutions, including the Indonesian Red Cross, state-owned toll road company PT Jasa Marga, state-owned insurance company PT Jasa Raharja and health offices in the five mayoralties.

Aslan said that at entertainment spots, like Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in East Jakarta and Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta, the medical personnel would be on duty only on the public holidays, Jan. 30 and Jan. 31.

The teams at bus terminals, railway stations and toll roads will be on duty seven days before and seven days after Idul Fitri. (ind)