Threatened By Swamp Fever
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The incidence of post-flood leptospirosis is not yet as high as that in 2002. However, the number of victims is likely to rise.
arsip tempo : 172852332569.
SARNATA, 61, lay helplessly in the Mawar room, Regional General Hospital (RSUD) of Tarakan, Central Jakarta. He was fed intravenously through the wrist. The old man had been in intensive care for over a week as he had succumbed to leptospirosis.
The disease struck after flood water inundated his house in the dense settlement of Ketapang Utara I, Krukut, West Jakarta, on February 2. This situation forced him and his family to stay soaked in filthy
...
Subscribe to continue reading.
We craft news with stories.
For the benefits of subscribing to Digital Tempo, See More
