Day: October 7, 2023

Minutes of life! Police from Prue Yai Police Station, Sisaket Province, helped give CPR to a 40-year-old woman until her pulse returned. After being informed that a person had hanged himself from a 4 meter high mango tree.

Police Lieutenant Suchart Phanthasen, Deputy Superintendent of Prue Yai Police Station, said that when he arrived at the scene, he found that Ms. Sunisa’s relatives had helped bring the body down from the tall mango tree. About 4 meters, he felt his pulse and found that he still had vital signs. Therefore, it is believed that he is not dead yet. So immediately notified the rescuers. But while waiting for the rescuers, he and Police Sergeant Supit Vorayan used the knowledge they had received from training at Khukhan Hospital. Help give urgent heart pumps by having Police Lieutenant Thanongsak Wilawan shine a flashlight to provide light. Because it was very dark at the scene, there was no electricity, and Police Sergeant Chamroen Kaewlek was responsible for clearing the path for the ambulance to come pick up the chaotic sample. It took about 10 minutes to pump the heart and began to show signs of a good response. A cry came out. along with beginning to breathe and come back to life again When the ambulance arrived, he was rushed to Khukhan Hospital. for urgent treatment

Pol. Lt. Col. Suchat also told us that Previously on August 16th He brought in forces to quell this couple’s argument at this house before. When I arrived, I tried to mediate. But at that time, Mr. Songphon, 32 years old, Ms. Sunisa’s husband, became displeased with his wife. and bowed at his mother’s feet Then he ran and hanged himself at the same mango tree. But Mr. Songphon’s father ran in to help. At that time, Mr. Songphon was unconscious as if he had died. He then ran to help by performing CPR until he was revived to this day. He felt happy and proud to be able to help save two people from death, two lives. However, this family often had quarrels. A few days earlier, Ms. Sunisa had taken medicine to commit suicide twice, but her husband’s father had helped her in time.

Source: Thai News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Banjarmasin City’s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that 33 hotspots indicating wildfires had been detected from June 26 to October 3, according to the agency’s head, Husni Thamrin.The hotspots ravaged around 5.3 hectares of land but owing to the small scale of fires and easy access to road, efforts to put them out could have been made, he noted here, Saturday. Thamrin expressed his ongoing concerns over the recurrence of hotspots due to the careless approach of several residents persisting in burning their domestic waste, as the fire could engulf dried grass. ccording to a recent statement by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), the wildfires that struck in South Kalimantan Province had affected local residents, including those in the city of Banjarmasin. part from affecting Banjarmasin and its outskirts over the past week, the haze, caused by land and forest fires, had also affected those in the city of Banjarbaru and districts of Barito Kuala and Banjar, he stated. In anticipation of respiratory diseases, the Banjarmasin city government has activated online classes for students of early childhood education centers (PAUD) as well as elementary and junior high schools, he remarked.

Source: Antara News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia is blessed with 11 drought-resistant rice varieties that have a high level of tolerance to extreme weather, according to the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).”Based on the experience in the past 10 years, we can see that there are 11 early-maturing rice varieties that are resistant to drought,” Head of BRIN’s Center for Food Crop Research, Yudhistira Nugraha, stated in Jakarta on Friday (October 6). He explained that early-maturing rice varieties refer to those types of rice that can be harvested in less than 105 days. However, other rice varieties can only be harvested when they enter 120 days of age, in general, he pointed out. Nugraha expressed belief that the shorter period of time required to harvest the 11 rice varieties would help farmers suppress the risks of water limitation-induced crop failures, adding that based on research, the 11 varieties can cut the quantity of water required for planting processes by 20 percent. He further noted that the 11 drought-resistant varieties are Inpari 38, Inpari 39, Inpari 40, Inpari 41, Cisaat, Cakrabuana, Padjajaran, Situbagendit, Inpago 10, Inpaho 11, and Inpago 12. Nugraha believes it would be the best decision for farmers to prioritize the planting of the 11 drought-resistant varieties amid the current El Nino-induced prolonged dry season. “Since the impacts of El Nino are projected to last until February of 2024, we hope that farmers will switch to planting the rice varieties I have mentioned earlier, so they can save water,” he remarked, adding that such a measure can help farmers maintain their productivity despite having limited amounts of water. The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned that the El Nino heat phenomenon poses various threats to Indonesia, such as extreme drought, rises in temperature, land and forest fires, and crop failures.

Source: Antara News Agency

Padang, W Sumatra (ANTARA) – Andalas University (Unand) continues its efforts to achieve a world-class reputation by focusing its collaborative programs with universities in Southeast Asia (SEA), the public university’s deputy rector stated.”The main reason for focusing Unand’s collaboration on universities in the Southeast Asian region is related to financial consideration,” Unand Deputy Rector for Education and Student Affairs Mansyurdin remarked. The cost for exploring and implementing the collaboration with partner universities in Southeast Asia was cheaper than that of those in the United States and Europe, he noted in Padang City on Friday. Despite that, Unand has just received good news that its proposal was accepted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mansyurdin stated. s a result of the USAID Program, Unand is able to explore collaboration with universities in the United States, he added. Regarding its international partnership program with overseas universities, Unand has quite recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA).

Source: Antara News Agency

Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA) – Police officers in Aceh Province found five hectares of cannabis plantation in Sawang Sub-district, North Aceh District, on Friday, following the arrests of two local residents, a police officer stated.”Some 40 thousand cannabis plants get cultivated on the plantation if one hectare of land is planted with eight thousand cannabis seeds,” North Aceh Police Chief Adjunct Sen. Coms. Deden Heksaputera Sanusi remarked. Speaking in Lhokseumawe on Friday, he noted that the cannabis plantation could be uncovered owing to the arrest of a drug trafficker, identified as A, who attempted to transport 18 kilograms of dried marijuana on Sept 8. This 32-year-old drug courier, who was apprehended in Sawang Village, Sawang Sub-district, told police investigators that he had obtained the marijuana package from a local resident, identified as D, Sanusi stated. He remarked that D, aged 38, was a “garden keeper” while adding that the North Aceh Police’s anti-drug squad personnel then raided D’s house in Sawang Village on Oct 6. D said he had obtained the marijuana from the cannabis plantation owned by A, Sanusi revealed. long with D, several police officers came to an area where the cannabis plantation was cultivated. They then destroyed the plantation. The two suspects are currently under police custody for further investigation, he added.

Source: Antara News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has called for improvement in the coverage and quality of stunting interventions to accelerate the reduction in stunting cases to 14 percent by 2024. “Despite the decreasing trend of stunting cases in the last four years, we still need to increase our interventions to handle this problem,” he said at the 2023 National Coordination Meeting for Stunting Reduction Acceleration at his office on Friday. Even though the stunting rate for toddlers in Indonesia has declined from 30.8 percent (2018) to 21.6 percent (2022), optimal interventions are still required to bring the rate down to 14 percent in 2024, he highlighted. He emphasized that improving performance in specific interventions requires capable cadres and health workers who can use nutritional status monitoring devices at integrated health posts (posyandus) and ultrasound devices at community health centers (puskesmas). “So the nutritional status monitoring can be done more accurately and faster,” he explained. He pointed out that the consumption of blood-added tablets by young women and pregnant women; six pregnancy checks, exclusive breastfeeding, and provision of nutritious, complementary breast milk food; and complete basic immunization must also be strengthened to reduce stunting. Under sensitive interventions, the Vice President also took into account the issue of food security and improving parenting practices. “Education should be given not only to parents, but also to extended families who take care of the children,” he said. Moreover, he called for improvement in the organization of and increasing the capacity of cadres in the field who have direct contact with the community. “They must ensure that every intervention provided is right on target with benefits felt by the targeted audience,” he said. cceleration in stunting reduction also requires various approaches from formal legal, political, and sociocultural to religious, he added. “Please strengthen intense collaboration with religious-based figures and organizations that are rooted in society,” he said.

Source: Antara News Agency