More health funds needed for Aceh

Tue, 29 Jul 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The Ministry of Health is seeking Rp 70 billion in
additional funds from the central government to finance medical
programs in troubled Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.

The programs are part of the ongoing integrated operation in
Aceh launched in May this year.

"We have spent the entire budget, and we need additional
funds," Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi was quoted as saying by
Antara. Sujudi did not mention how much had been spent by his
ministry in Aceh, nor the source of the fund.

Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla
previously said that the government had allocated Rp 200 billion
for humanitarian projects in Aceh.

The additional funds, Sujudi said, were badly needed for the
payment of medical practitioners, the purchase of drugs and the
construction of new health facilities in the war-torn province.
-- Antara

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