(The public) can also get consultation through this service.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry called on the public to use the ministry’s call center service, SAPA 129, to report their children’s condition if they suffered from atypical progressive acute kidney injury.
"To handle (the disease), we have a (reporting) service -- SAPA 129 -- that can be accessed by the public. (The public) can also get consultation through this service," Acting Deputy for the Fulfilment of Children's Rights at the ministry Rini Handayani told ANTARA here on Monday.
Furthermore, the community can get information regarding the atypical progressive acute kidney injury and assistance for the families of children affected by the disease at the Family Learning Center (Puspaga).
"Currently, we are coordinating with the Health Ministry, Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, KPAI (Indonesian Child Protection Commission), IDAI (Indonesian Pediatric Association), and POM (Drug and Food Control) Agency on how to handle and prevent it (the disease)," the acting deputy stated.
The ministry expects that the number of children suffering from the disease will not increase.
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The SAPA 129 service can be accessed via telephone on 129 or WhatsApp on 08111-129-129. Later, SAPA 129 officers will immediately coordinate with the Health Ministry to handle the children affected by atypical progressive acute kidney injury.
The Indonesian Government is striving to expedite the procurement of fomepizole as a medicine proven to be effective in treating patients of the disease.
Earlier, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin noted that the condition of seven out of the 10 patients participating in the trial use of fomepizole had improved.
Results of the trial prompted the government to seek more supplies of fomepizole.
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"We will accelerate their (the fomepizole supplies) arrival in Indonesia, so that the admitted 245 (patients of the disease) -- (the number) maybe will still increase a little -- can be treated properly," the minister remarked.
He remarked that so far, Indonesia had received 20 vials of fomepizole from Singapore and was scheduled to get another 16 vials from Australia on Monday (October 24, 2022) evening or Tuesday (October 25, 2022) morning.
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