Doctors alone cannot cure haze victims

As a physician I worked at a puskesmas (community health center) in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau, one of the provinces hit hardest by recent forest fires and pollution.

Patients of all ages came to the puskesmas, mostly with breathing problems or worsening chronic conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They normally asked me, “How can I stop the coughing?” or “When will my baby be able to breathe easily again?

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