InfoSAWIT, KETAPANG – PT Kayung Agro Lestari (KAL), a subsidiary of PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk. (ANJ) in Regency of Ketapang, West Kalimantan Province cooperated with Public Health Center (Puskesmas) Kuala Satong in District of Matan Hilir Utara to do fogging with the goal, to minimize dengue fever spread caused by Aedes Aegypti. It was running on Wednesday (31/01/2024) with the point at Puskesmas Pembantu (Pustu) in Dusun Kepayang, Village of Laman Satong, Sub district of Matan Hilir Utara, Regency of Ketapang.
Besides collaborating with Puskesmas Kuala Satong, the fogging also involved head of Dusun Kepayang and clinic team of KAL. It was focused in some villagers’ houses that were confirmed to have dengue fever cases. Besides conducting fogging, the team did vanish mosquito nests and larvicide by checking every water spot kept in villgers’ houses, school, and others. In the places, the team poured abate powder to prevent the breeding of Aedes Aegypti larva that would be potential to be mosquito and harm the villagers.
Pawali, SKM, the Head of Puskesmas Kuala Satong emphasized the fogging would be significant because of the high dengue fever cases in Regency of Ketapang, particularly in Village of Laman Satong, Sub district of Matan Hilir Utara, and 7 patients are being cured. He appreciated the collaboration with KAL and hoped that the synergy would keep going to solve diseases and would escalate health services in the village.
General Manager KAL, Dadi told KAL would always be committed to support health programs namely to prevent and stop dengue fever cases in the society.
“The collaboration is the realization that KAL cares about the villagers’ health issue. We hope the program would help minimize the case and escalate the life quality in the society,” Dadi said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Wednesday (7/2/2024).
Prior, KAL and Puskesmas Kuala Satong did collaboration to prevent stunting case and delivered health services for the children through health care.
Dadi also mentioned the health programs by KAL are the same with the vision and mission in ANJ group, which is to escalate the quality of life of the villagers through health, education, and social economic empowerment programs. (T2)
