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File photo showing a patient in a makeshift hospital ward. Like other poor countries, Indonesia has an acute shortage of doctors.

PublishedAug 18, 2018, 5:00 am SGT

Despite pact signed 10 years ago, doctors from member states cannot practise there

About once a week, Dr Eva Harianja, a general practitioner at a government-run clinic in central Jakarta, takes her turn going house to house in some of her district's low-income neighbourhoods.

On an average day, her team, which includes a nurse and a midwife, visits 20 or so homes, checking for signs of tuberculosis and other contagions. As if that's not exhausting enough, Dr Eva is seven months pregnant.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edit ion of The Straits Times on August 18, 2018, with the headline 'Indonesia needs docs but cannot turn to Asean'. Print Edition | Subscribe Topics:

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