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Minister of Health appoint two hospitals in North Sulawesi tackle bird flu (Harian Analisa, September 24 2011, edited)
[Source: Harian Analisa, full text: (LINK). Automatic translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English, edited.]
Minister of Health appoint two hospitals in North Sulawesi tackle bird flu
(September 24 2011)
Manado (AFP) - Health Minister (Menkes), Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, pointed to two hospitals (Hospital) in North Sulawesi (Sulawesi), RS and RS Kandouw Sam Ratulangi as a reference in the handling of bird flu.
"In North Sulawesi there are two hospitals designated as referral hospital that could handle this case, each RS and RS Kandouw in Manado Sam Ratulangi in Tondano," said Head of Controlling Health Problems of North Sulawesi Provincial Health Office, Dr. Jemmy Lampus , in Manado on Saturday.
He explains, when these two hospitals designated as referral bird flu patients, its facilities have been improved. Among other things, provided a special isolation room patients, medical equipment and health personnel are specially equipped.
"So if there is bird flu cases in North Sulawesi, such as, the case that just happened in the City Kotamobagu, patients suspected of bird flu should not be brought to Jakarta to get special treatment," he said.
Kandouw hospitals and Sam Ratulangi will be a special isolation rooms for patients, said Jemmy.
Nevertheless, he said, until now the two hospitals could not be examined directly unexpected blood samples of bird flu. Things like this do not only occur in two hospitals, but occurs also in all hospitals in Indonesia.
"Blood samples are shipped and inspected Health Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia. This is done because of the limitations of existing technologies in these two hospitals," he said.
Special Kandouw hospital, said Jemmy, had also become one of the referral hospital for patients with swine flu (swine flu) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Previously, 11 people Gogagoman Village, District of West Kotamobagu, Kotamobagu City, North Sulawesi, was treated at General Hospital (RSU) Kandou Manado for allegedly contracted the bird flu virus.
Blood sample is then taken and sent to Jakarta. After the blood samples examined 11 suspected bird flu negative. They've returned to the City Kotamobagu.
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(September 24 2011)
Manado (AFP) - Health Minister (Menkes), Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, pointed to two hospitals (Hospital) in North Sulawesi (Sulawesi), RS and RS Kandouw Sam Ratulangi as a reference in the handling of bird flu.
"In North Sulawesi there are two hospitals designated as referral hospital that could handle this case, each RS and RS Kandouw in Manado Sam Ratulangi in Tondano," said Head of Controlling Health Problems of North Sulawesi Provincial Health Office, Dr. Jemmy Lampus , in Manado on Saturday.
He explains, when these two hospitals designated as referral bird flu patients, its facilities have been improved. Among other things, provided a special isolation room patients, medical equipment and health personnel are specially equipped.
"So if there is bird flu cases in North Sulawesi, such as, the case that just happened in the City Kotamobagu, patients suspected of bird flu should not be brought to Jakarta to get special treatment," he said.
Kandouw hospitals and Sam Ratulangi will be a special isolation rooms for patients, said Jemmy.
Nevertheless, he said, until now the two hospitals could not be examined directly unexpected blood samples of bird flu. Things like this do not only occur in two hospitals, but occurs also in all hospitals in Indonesia.
"Blood samples are shipped and inspected Health Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia. This is done because of the limitations of existing technologies in these two hospitals," he said.
Special Kandouw hospital, said Jemmy, had also become one of the referral hospital for patients with swine flu (swine flu) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Previously, 11 people Gogagoman Village, District of West Kotamobagu, Kotamobagu City, North Sulawesi, was treated at General Hospital (RSU) Kandou Manado for allegedly contracted the bird flu virus.
Blood sample is then taken and sent to Jakarta. After the blood samples examined 11 suspected bird flu negative. They've returned to the City Kotamobagu.
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