THE debate on IVs has raised the name of 48-year-old Ribka Tjiptaning. This Chairperson of the House of Representatives’ (DPR) Health Commission has been asking the government to withdraw the IVs produced by PT Otsuka Indonesia. She claims the company produces non-sterile products.

Ribka told a work session recently of her visit to a number of hospitals and her monitoring of media articles. The IV using the bioburden method, according to Rib