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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 ...

Police to investigate criminal allegations surrounding acute kidney

Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy urged the National Police to investigate ...

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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, ...

VP accentuates need to withdraw drugs causing acute kidney failure

- in 15 samples of syrup-based medications used by patients with the illness. Those substances were found through ...

Some 200 vials of Fomepizole imported for 69 AKI patients

The Indonesian Health Ministry brought 200 vials of the injection drug Fomepizole to Indonesia to treat 69 patients ...

SOEs, hospitals should re-check medicines to prevent AKI: Minister

State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir instructed state-owned pharmaceutical firms and hospitals under ...

Jakartans urged to be wary of side effects of drugs

The Jakarta Health Office has urged residents to pay attention to the side effects of drugs before consuming them, ...

Acute kidney injury in Indonesia can be cured: Health Minister

A cure for acute kidney injury (AKI) in children has been found with the government obtaining the appropriate ...

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 ...

Government's firm stance crucial in acute kidney failure in children

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad urged the government to take a firm stance ...

Ministry, BPOM work to remove medicinal syrups from market

The Health Ministry and the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) are working to remove medicinal syrup ...

West Sumatra reports 22 acute kidney failure cases in children

The Health Office of West Sumatra Province has, so far, recorded as many as 22 cases of acute kidney failure among ...

Health ministry finds harmful substances in syrup medicines

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin confirmed that three dangerous chemical substances were found in syrup medicine ...

BPJS Kesehatan to bear costs of kidney failure, liver transplant

State-run Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) confirmed it would bear the treatment cost for ...