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Indonesian boy with huge neck tumor was surgically removed

Lukas Wahangara, 12 year old boy from Indonesia had a tumor measuring about 7.87 inches diameter and weighed 4.41 lb and the tumor made up around 10% of his body weight.// The tumor was successfully operated by the Surgeons in Singapore at Mount Elizabeth Hospital involving different specialties. The tumor had developed due to an Iodine deficiency which is an endemic problem in Sumba....

Indonesian Health Care System Rebuilt After Tsunami

Indonesia has made steady progress in revamping the health care system, after widespread devastation by the Tsunami that stuck on the 26th of December. More than 100, 000 million individuals lost their lives and a million others were injured badly.// JHPIEGO, a John Hopkins University affiliate has been of great help in the process of rejuvenation of the health care system in Aceh. Midw...

Local Test Confirms Bird Flu Related Death Of Indonesian Man

The death of a 39-year-old man from Indonesia has been confirmed to be bird flu related as revealed by a test conducted by a local health agency, according to official sources. // If this were again confirmed by World Health Organization recognized testing centers, it would increase the Indonesian death toll due to bird flu to12. 'We got the local test result around Friday. He had con...

Indonesian Markets Could Assist Spread of Bird Flu: WHO

JAKARTA - The World Health Organization has warned that unhealthy conditions prevailing in the traditional Indonesian markets are ideal for the spread of bird flu//. This caution from the WHO comes after it was found that a 22-year-old Indonesian chicken seller died from the H5N1 bird flu virus. "The exposure to poultry by market stall owners, slaughterers, poultry workers and the custo...

Bird Flu Claims Indonesian Market Vendor

An Indonesian market vendor who came into close contact with sick birds has died of what is thought to be the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.// Health authorities at Jakarta's Infectious Diseases Hospital confirmed that the 22-year-old man carried the virus. Blood and swab samples have been sent to a World Health Organization-approved laboratory in Hong Kong and if that report is positive then...

Japanese-Indonesian Joint Venture To Produce Bird Flu Vaccine For Farm Animals

Japanese vaccine producer Shigeta Animal Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Indonesia's Bogor Institute of Agriculture have announced a joint venture for the production// of a bird flu vaccine for animals. The company to be called IPB Shigeta Animal Pharmaceuticals Inc will begin the production of the vaccine in a very short time. U.S.-based MedImmune Inc has given the green signal to the company...

Indonesian Traveler Tests Negative For Bird Flu, Singapore Safe

Bird flu tests conducted on a 64-year-old Indonesian woman, admitted to the National University Hospital, have turned out to be negative. The woman, who had traveled to Singapore from Indonesia //, was subjected to a H5N1 influenza PCR test, as a precautionary measure. Reports of bird flu infection in humans and poultry have been reported in Indonesia. In view of the bird flu threat...

Indonesian Bird Flu Death Toll Rises To 23

A day after Indonesia confirmed that the 23rd man had succumbed to the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, health officials confirmed that another man has tested// positive to the same virus. The H5N1 avian influenza virus has spread at a rapid rate over Europe and Africa and has flared up once again in Asia. According to the World Health Organization, some 105 people have fallen a victim to th...

Drugs Kill 15,000 Indonesians Every Year

Each year over 15,000 people in Indonesia are being killed by drugs, a new study has revealed.Studies carried out jointly by National Narcotics Agency BNN// and the University of Indonesia indicated that a considerably large amount of money was being spent on drug trafficking and on drug-addicted people in the country. 'Some Rupiah12 trillions (local currency) are spent on drug traffic...

Indonesian Earthquake – Story of Destruction, Death and Disease

With the death toll rising to over 3500 and an incalculable number of people injured after the earthquake that measured 6.2 on scale, Indonesia struggles// to cope with the injured and the dead. The quake hit the densely populated area in the south of the city of Yogyakarta which is near the southern coast of Java at 10.53PM late on the Friday night. The earthquake left the city in sha...

Genetic Data On Bird Flu Virus - Indonesian Officials Report

A Government official reports, ‘Indonesia hasn’t shared the genetic information about the bird flu virus publicly’. The director-general of disease control and environment, Nyoman Kandun//, at the Indonesian Ministry of Health, reports that certain things are to be considered and discussed by the Government before any public release and there is more chance to be released when it has be...

Indonesian Tourism on Downward Trend After Java Quake

Indonesia's tourism industry, still shaky from terror bombings and the 2004 tsunami, was dealt another blow when the May 27 earthquake devastated parts of this Javanese cultural city, a prime tourist destination. // The ancient royal capital with its cultural history, temples and vibrant arts and crafts scene is second only to Bali for visits by overseas tourists. "We're s...

Indonesian Quake Survivors Fall Prey to Tetanus

Tetanus is major problem in the quake affected areas of Indonesia. It is a Noncommunicable disease but it spreads through direct contact //with the bacteria Clostridium tetani. It is otherwise called as lockjaw as it affects the muscles and nerves resulting in stiffness of the jaw. If not treated properly it eventually results in seizures and pneumonia. According to the recent survey it has alre...

Indonesian Siamese Twins With Three Legs In Stable Condition

Siamese twins born with three legs and three arms on the Indonesian resort island of Bali were in stable condition Friday, a health official said//. "It's a tough case, but so far they are stable," Wayan Sutarga, director of medical treatment at Sanglah Hospital in the Bali capital Denpasar, told DPA. "We are still examining the babies, and we haven't decided to take any act...

Indonesians to Be Fitted Jaipur-made Artificial Limbs

At least 350 Indonesians who lost their limbs due to disease, accident or disasters like the tsunami will be fitted with Jaipur-made artificial limbs in Jakarta//. "On the invitation of a non-resident Indian association, we are organising a 15-day camp in Jakarta from Friday, in which 350 people will be fitted with the Jaipur Foot," D.R. Mehta, the founder of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Vikla...

Some Indonesian Fowl Not Showing Usual Bird Flu Symptoms

Some fowl infected with bird flu in Indonesia appear healthy, making it difficult to detect outbreaks of the virus which is often deadly for humans, an official said Monday. Indonesia, the country worst hit by bird flu, with 79 fatalities, has been struggling to control H5N1 outbreaks across its vast archipelago. "From our observations during 2007 we have found that c...

Indonesian Teenager Dies of Bird Flu

A teenage girl has died of bird flu in Indonesia, taking the death toll in the nation worst hit by the virus to 79, a health ministry official said Friday. The 15-year-old died on Tuesday, four days after she was admitted to hospital on the main island of Java, the official said. She fell ill after handling and eating a dead chicken at her home in Kendal district in C...