Difficulty Ostomate information found in Indonesia Hospital

Indonesian Ostomy Association (InOA) claimed ostomate difficult to obtain data or people known to the artificial hole in the body in a number of hospitals.

InOA Board. Adityawati Anggaiswari claimed to have written to nearly all hospitals to request the data ostomate in Indonesia. However, only one to two hospitals are responding.

When patients with artificial hole in the body that are usually equipped with artificial drainage bag need psychological services to restore their confidence.

Hospitals in Indonesia are sometimes difficult to do data collection for patients with artificial hole in his body, because the personnel to do data collection does not exist.

InOA indeed been used as a container that meets the ostomate to share each other's opinions and motivate yourself, to regain their quality of life affected by their health problems.

They do not provide funding for ostomate, but help so that they can obtain information, psychological support, and support equipment.

InOA has obtained donations from the stoma bag support Project Share - Friends of Ostomy Worldwide (FOW) is in the U.S. and Canada which is distributed to underprivileged ostomate.

Donations stoma bags and equipment were also obtained from several associations InOA in Australia ostomi ie through the Australian Council of Stomas Assocciation.

However, in Indonesia ostomi associations do not currently have branches in eastern Indonesia.

Representative InOA currently only available at Yogyakarta managed by the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (YKI) Jogja and under the auspices of Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung, Indonesia.