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Cipayung community health center now has library
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Several students read books at Gorontalo regental library on Jan. 24. The Tangerang Library and Archives Agency plans to place books on board some public transportation operating across the city in order to promote reading among residents.
(Antara/Adiwinata Solihin)
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atients of the Cipayung community health center (Puskesmas) can now read books while waiting for their turn to see medical practitioners.
“For the first time in East Jakarta, and perhaps even in Jakarta, a Puskesmas has a library in it. In the future, we’ll furnish all Puskesmas in East Jakarta with a library,” said East Jakarta Library and Archives Agency head Fadlan Zurhan as quoted by beritajakarta on Friday.
Besides curing waiting-room boredom, the library is also seen as a way of increasing the public’s interest in reading. The agency provides 200 books in the 12-square-meter reading corner.
The head of the Cipayung Puskesmas, Sunersi Handayani, hopes the library will be able to cheer up patients or their children, especially since around 50 children visit the health center every day.
“While waiting for their turn, visitors can read books or play in the children’s area. It really helps us and it fits with our vision to be a child-friendly community health center,” said Sunersi.
