THE house in Kayun Street, Surabaya, is getting livelier as more than a hundred people a day visit the building that serves as a Wisnuwardana Foundation cancer clinic. Yani, a breast cancer patient, said that the clinic’s appeal lies in its use of traditional medicines to complement the modern ones. This combined treatment has convinced her that her ailment can be eased.

This mixed treatment apparently is no longer a taboo in the modern me