PROVISION OF
MEDICAL SERVICES
One of the most important positive impacts from PT Freeport
Indonesia's presence in Papua has been the provision of
medical services carried out through LPMAK. Prior to the
initiation of the programs supported by PT Freeport Indonesia,
healthcare was minimal or nonexistent in our operations area.
We have worked for years to develop an integrated and
coordinated healthcare system capable of delivering
comprehensive, competent and sustainable medical services to
the local Papuans, both in the highlands and lowlands areas
near our operations.
This system relies on community-based health clinics providing
a range of preventive and outpatient services, coordinated
with two modern hospitals which provide comprehensive
inpatient healthcare. Thousands of Papuans receive quality
medical services each year from this system. The results have
been gratifying - dramatically reducing infant mortality and
the incidence of malaria, for example.
Construction was completed in 2002 of a 74-bed hospital in
Banti which is now providing healthcare to Papuans in the
highlands area. A separate 75-bed hospital opened in Timika in
1999 to serve Papuans living in the lowlands. PT Freeport
Indonesia provided funds to construct both of these facilities
and supports 10 other clinics providing quality medical care
to those living in other communities. We have undertaken
comprehensive public health programs for prenatal care, and
the prevention and control of malaria, tuberculosis and
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PT FREEPORT INDONESIA PUBLIC
HEALTH INITIATIVES
include a sweeping program to fight malaria
through vector control, education, preventive healthcare and
treatment. Identifying malaria-carrying mosquitos is a daily
routine for dozens of PT-FI Public Health Department workers. |
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