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Children with HIV/AIDS denied by hospitals
Two of three children with HIV/AIDS in Tanah Sereal, Tambora, had to be treated at house while the other child, a 6-year-old, who was in critical condition was treated at the city-owned hospital in Cengkareng, West Jakarta
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wo of three children with HIV/AIDS in Tanah Sereal,Tambora, had to be treated at house while the other child, a 6-year-old, whowas in critical condition was treated at the city-owned hospital in Cengkareng,West Jakarta.
The first two, a 12-year-old and a 4-year-old, were taken back home on Tuesday after they were denied treatment at Cengkareng Hospital and Tarakan General Hospital in Central Jakarta.
Women from a neighborhood in the subdistrict took the three children to the city-owned hospitals as they were orphans and had no one to take care of them, but the first two were denied as they were not registered with the free healthcare program (KJS).
'We initially took NS to Tarakan hospital, but the hospital was full. So we went to Cengkareng Hospital,' Tanah Sereal community unit (RW) 09 head Tontowi said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
He added that the two children were taken back home after the hospital refused to admit them.
The three children were infected by their mother, who recently died.
