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Critical patients allowed to take syrup medicines: ministry

Patients suffering from critical illnesses have been allowed to take syrup or liquid drugs with a doctor's ...

Contamination from liquid drug solvents causes acute kidney failure

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that atypical progressive acute kidney disease in children is caused by ...

Indonesia ready to help reconciliation of factions in Palestine

The Indonesian government is ready to facilitate reconciliation between the factions in Palestine to support full ...

Jokowi receives state visit of Palestinian PM Mohammad IM Shtayyeh

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received a state visit from Palestinian Prime Minister (PM) Mohammad IM Shtayyeh at the ...

NFA promotes healthy eating to reduce food waste

The National Food Agency (NFA) has started a campaign to promote eating healthy and delicious food by providing ...

Ministry hopes local COVID-19 vaccine to spearhead booster vaccination

The Ministry of Health expects that locally produced COVID-19 vaccine  will spearhead booster dose vaccination in ...

Contamination of syrup medicines suspected during quality control: IPA

It is suspected that the contamination of syrup medicines with prohibited substances occurred during the quality ...

Parents should observe children's urination to prevent kidney failure

Spokesperson of the Health Ministry Mohammad Syahril reminded parents to be aware of the frequency and amount of ...

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Tackling mysterious acute kidney injury in 241 Indonesian children

In October 2022, Indonesians were appalled by the Kanjuruhan football stadium stampede claiming 134 lives in Malang, ...

Jakarta Health Office combs hospitals for acute kidney failure data

 The Jakarta Health Office is getting in touch with all hospitals in the capital to gather any data on acute ...

KIA handbook released to reduce under-five mortality rate: ministry

The release of the Maternal and Child Health (KIA) handbook is part of the government's strategies to reduce the ...

Health budget realization down 19.6%: minister

 The realization of the health budget fell to Rp113 trillion as of September-end 2022, down 19.6 percent (yoy) ...

Govt probing drugs, raw materials suspected of causing kidney failure

The Indonesian Government is investigating pharmaceutical raw materials and drug products suspected of causing acute ...

Drug intake not needed in all illnesses: Health official

The Jakarta Provincial Health Office emphasized that the public should understand that not all diseases need to be ...

EG, DEG in five medicinal syrup products exceed safe level: BPOM

The amount of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) in five medicinal syrup products in Indonesia exceeds ...