Dr. Louisa A. Langi, MSi is a humanity volunteer from NGO Mitra Indonesia when conducting surveys and data collection on ten points after the earthquake in Hamlet Rua Monga, Taikakok Muara Village, North Pagai find any cases of children with malnutrition and malnutrition.
Lecturer of Medicine at one university in Jakarta, the detailing, there were 40 cases of malnutrition and 80 cases of malnutrition.
One of the severely malnourished two-year-old died, after being in care at the Health Center of North Pagai, Mentawai Islands.
According to him, many found malnutrition in Mentawai aftermath of the tsunami, but the initial phase when humanitarian volunteers working in the medical field, seemed impressed by the local government cover-up.
The children must be helped and we need a clear statistical data. But the data is sometimes covered up the Mentawai government.
"We're here to run a humanitarian mission," said Louisa, accompanied by the local health center physician, Angela Puspita told reporters after handing over 80 units of BNPB Huntara to the local Regency in Hamlet Rua Monga.
So, it asks each shoulder to shoulder in handling cases of malnutrition and malnutrition, and no other purpose than volunteers to deliver the actual conditions to the public.
He explained that the cases are found in North Pagai, South Pagai, hamlet Silabu, Bitumonga, Bulok, Munte Recently, Malakopak and a number of other locations.
Efforts to monitor the condition of the local community, they visited hamlets and villages where the earthquake and tsunami victims temporary residency, even in extreme weather conditions though.
Health workers are still needed today because the people who live together in Huntara still less, ranging from doctors, midwives, nurses and others.
While there were 10 points health posts in Sikakap, at each point that victims of the earthquake and tsunami are getting health care.
"Right from the data that we found, only one victim died of malnutrition," said Head of Disease Control & Environmental (P2PL), Mentawai District Andrew Budi, told reporters at the North Pagai 5.5 KM.
According to him, sometimes finding volunteers, there are also differences with the findings of the local health medical team, but the same goal.
Meanwhile, malnutrition indicators must be viewed from weight and height and age of the sufferer, unpredictable-guessed by naked eye and require intense communication from the victim's parents.
Precisely that, in conducting the data collection to victims of the tsunami through intense communication, because it is not easy and required caution.
Related, one would be wrong one way communication means, so use the services of the original officers Mentawai people, with so they can know the actual condition.
According to Budi, local health officials conducted a survey on 200 infants and toddlers, and their current condition began to improve, because it was given supplementary food.
"The their development are also monitored by officers in the ten point Huntara," she said, adding, other diseases Inspection acute respiratory infections (ARI), skin diseases and others that on average there were 10 to 15 patients.
The condition is, of course due to a number of factors among them, because of the weather, sanitation, latrines are less well during the evacuation and in Huntara.
Meanwhile, Angela Puspita a doctor on duty at the health center Mentawai added, malnutrition victim who died was aged 2 years.
The condition of the victims when handled very alarming, because the toddler she was only given water and food that is not feasible by his mother.
"We've tried to give the best for the baby in Taikakok, but his life was not saved. Because it is a very bad condition, "said Angela.
She explained that the severely malnourished in Taikako is one of 40 severely malnourished Mentawai earthquake and tsunami victims. But after getting a serious handling of health personnel who served in the Mentawai for two months, their condition began to improve.
"Right now their condition began to improve. Because the development of the children we always watched, "explained Angela and said, served in the Mentawai is not easy, because confronted by extreme weather. Moreover, one village or another village to go through the ocean.
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