Solo opens antismoking clinics
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 11/16/2011 6:04 PM
Three community health centers (Puskesmas) in Solo, Central Java, opened clinics on Wednesday for people wanting to quit smoking.
The clinics, called Klinik Berhenti Merokok (quit-smoking clinic) were established at the Purwodiningratan, Kratonan and Penumping health centers following the opening of the city’s first anitsmoking clinic at the Nusukan health center in October.
Each clinic will be managed by a doctor and three nurses and equipped with tools for checking pulmonary functions and carbon dioxide levels in blood.
Treatment, consultations and drugs will be given for free.
“Many smokers want to quit but have no idea where to go. These clinics are here to help them,” Solo health agency chief Siti Wahyuningsih said as quoted by kompas.com.
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Solo opens antismoking clinics
The Jakarta
Post
Jakarta
Three community health centers (Puskesmas) in Solo, Central Java, opened clinics on Wednesday for people
wanting to quit smoking.
The clinics, called Klinik
Berhenti Merokok (quit-smoking clinic) were established at the
Purwodiningratan, Kratonan and Penumping health centers following the opening
of the city’s first anitsmoking clinic at the Nusukan health center in October.
Each clinic will be managed by a doctor and three nurses and
equipped with tools for checking pulmonary functions and carbon dioxide levels
in blood.
Treatment, consultations and drugs will be given for free.
“Many smokers want to quit but have no idea where to go.
These clinics are here to help them,” Solo health agency chief Siti
Wahyuningsih said as quoted by kompas.com.
