THE successful treatment of Dede, the “Tree Man” or “Root Man”, is of the utmost importance to Indonesian doctors. President Yudhoyono himself has requested that the 37-year-old be properly treated. Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari also got the same message from the President. A multi-disciplinary medical team has been formed as well.

All the attention was triggered by a television documentary program about Dede on Discovery Channe