Policemen suffer respiratory ailments

Policemen suffer respiratory ailments

SURABAYA: The incidence of acute respiratory infection among
police officers in East Java increases 5 percent each year, a
police official said on Tuesday.

East Java traffic police director Sr. Comr. Adjar Triadi
revealed the alarming trend on Thursday after receiving 3,000
face masks from PT Kalbe Farma.

Last year, from the 35,397 policemen in the province, 5,628 of
them had respiratory problems. Of that number, 2,335 of them have
acute respiratory infections.

"The increasing number of policemen suffering from acute
respiratory infections is due to the rapid increase in the number
of motorized vehicles, at 15 percent per year," Adjar said.

In order to protect police officers from infection, he said
the police would transfer traffic police officers to
administrative work after working on the street for a year. -- JP