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The body temperature rose, felt hot.

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The heat affected the ears.

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He can't swallow any food, his appetite is gone, there's no appetite.

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His parents suspect that worms caused it.

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This is Jokbijoker village.

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The villagers have already left to find medicine in Bikar.

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And this place has become deserted

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These are graves,

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victims of mass deaths from a suspicious disease in the Jokbijoker village

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According to a report by a local NGO, as many as 95 members of the Karon tribe died due to an unknown disease.

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The Karon tribe is located in eight villages in the Kwaroo district, Tambrauw regency, West Papua Province.

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Tambrauw mountain

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I have been working

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to serve the House of God in this remote area in Tambrauw

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since 1981.

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During my time here, I have built up many villages (permanent settlements)

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Bikar, Orvefor, Suau, Sebab, Bakdhe, Krisnos, Suau, Krafotsu . Not seven but eight villages.

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So yes, in the case of the disease that occurred in Jokbijoker,

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the sudden death of so many of the Karon tribe members

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We went to the Health Department so many times.

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But they did not respond or didn't care about us

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All the reports have been passed to them

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If there are health issues

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If some members from here or other villages get sick

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they bring them over to another village.

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Usually to Werur.

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They don't have a medical centre here, not even the smallest kind.

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Every time someone gets sick, they bring that person to Werur

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to my house, to be exact

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Where do you come from? You're walking from your village to get here?

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Yes by walking. Four days from Kwor, and Three-Five days from Mariane

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Yeah, some of them became better and returned to their villages

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But some also died in Werur village.

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All this time, I have been buying some medicine for them.

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I'm using my church savings.

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The government health officials visited only once for a day in 2012

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Up until now, weâve been waiting on the Ministry of Health

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and also on the West Papua Province.

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They promised us, so we're waiting.

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People are still waiting.

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They said they want to establish several small medical centres, one in Bakde and one probably here

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They shouldn't just build small medical centers,

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but also provide medical teams.