Singaporean dies in Tentena

Singaporean dies in Tentena

PALU, Central Sulawesi: A Singaporean woman identified as
Irene Lim Reid, 47, died at the Barito Inn in Gintu village,
South Lore district, Poso regency, on Monday. Her body was flown
to Singapore via Jakarta on Thursday.

The inn owner, Agus Tohama, said that before she died, Reid
suffered from a fever and a cough and had red spots all over her
body. However, she declined to be taken to the health clinic in
Tentena, a small town near Poso Lake.

She would only take medicine she brought with her, Agus said.
On Monday, Agus chartered a car to bring Reid to Tentena but she
was dead before the car arrived. The doctor who examined the body
said she had died of malaria.

Reid's friend, Mayner Awpon of the United States, developed
similar symptoms and is currently being treated at a hospital in
Palu. Both Reid and Awpon had been staying at the inn since May
20. -- JP