DRUG REHAB CENTER OPENS IN BOGOR

JAKARTA - The Bogor Hospital for the Mentally Ill in cooperation
with Permata Hati Kita foundation officiated on Thursday at the
opening of a drug rehabilitation center here in Bogor.

The center, located near the hospital compound on Jl. Dr. Semeru No.
112- 116, consists of two separate boarding houses: the Arjuna for
male drug addicts and Srikandi for female patients.

"People from all age groups are welcome to take part in the
treatment," said Ministry of Health chief of mental health Yumansyah
Idris.

The program supported the patients' recovery by lecturing them to
instill the belief that their families and the entire community wanted
drug victims to return to their normal lives and be normal healthy
human beings.

The hospital has already taken in drug addicts as patients since last
month.