Gub. Inaugurates Atmahusada Special Hospital
Samarinda, 17/01/12. Governor of East Kalimantan DR.H. Awang Faroek Ishak inaugurated the Atmahusada Special Hospital Inpatient Building 
Samarinda, on Tuesday 17/01/2012, in Samarinda, and was also attended by the Heads of SKPD, as well as echelon III, Echelon IV officials and related staff within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government.
Basic health services are one of the programs that people need in both urban and rural areas. Health services are not only directed at people who experience physical illness, but in the era of technology and the complexity of human needs, many people experience mental illness, therefore health services must also be directed at people who experience mental disorders.
For East Kalimantan, every year there is an increase in patients experiencing mental disorders as reported by the Director of Atmahusada Hospital. With the existing data, the Governor gave directions so that in the future Atmahusada Hospital will be able to provide good services so that the number of patients will not increase, but it is hoped that they will be able to heal patients more quickly and they will be able to return to the community and their families. For the construction of this inpatient hospital, funds of approximately Rp. 7 billion and it is planned that the Atmahusada Special Hospital will develop and add patient rooms, currently one room is occupied by around 30 - 40 patients and it is hoped that in the future one room will be occupied by 8 patients.
With the inauguration of the inpatient building This means that East Kalimantan is one of the provinces outside Java that has inpatient rooms and this has received appreciation from the Ministry of Health as conveyed by the Director of Mental Health. Responding to this, the Governor, in his speech, emphasized that he would continue to make efforts so that the people of East Kalimantan can access health services equally by developing 24-hour Community Health Centers in various regions, especially in areas where health services are still very limited. Likewise, the Provincial Government has built an installation for recovery from addiction to illegal drugs (NAPZA) where nationally East Kalimantan is among the top 5 illegal drug users, because the Governor invited us to have the courage to fight against illegal drugs.
In addition to the inauguration of the Inpatient Building, the Governor, accompanied by the Deputy Governor and the Chairman of the East Kalimantan Provincial DPRD, also inaugurated several bridges funded by the Provincial APBD and APBN. There were 7 bridges inaugurated located in East Kutai Regency, Kutai Kartanegara and Balikpapan City with a total funding allocation of approximately Rp. 79 billion, the governor also emphasized that infrastructure development is still very necessary in East Kalimantan because there are still many areas that still need the construction of roads, bridges and other infrastructure so that people's access to other areas can be affordable and the people's economic life will be more dynamic.
Apart from that, the Governor also directed the Head of SKPD to focus more on achieving the millennium development goals which are an integral part of the success of development carried out by the regions. Data source from the Human Resources Development Sector of BAPPEDA East Kalimantan, and informed by Public Relations of BAPPEDA Kaltim/Sukandar, S.Sos.
