Underfed infants in Gunungkidul

Underfed infants in Gunungkidul

GUNUNGKIDUL, Yogyakarta: Five hundred seventeen children under
five have been diagnosed as undernourished, Antara reported
Tuesday. Twenty-one were considered in advanced stages of
malnourishment.

"This has happened because of the crisis made worse by the
effect of last year's drought, which has reduced the production
and stocks of food here," regent Harsadiningrat said when opening
a training course on nutrition monitoring.

The regency's head of the office of the health ministry,
Wahyudi, said children most severely affected were found in the
districts of Pangggang, Semin, Karangmojo, Ngawen, Rongkop and
Wonosari.

The severely malnourished children have been hospitalized in
Yogyakarta and Wonosari, he said.

Wahyudi said some of the children suffered from congenital
heart disorders. (anr)