Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Yeah, its off-topic, but isn’t it wonderful that the largest muslim country in the world with 90 over percent muslim population has some sort of relationship with sworn enemy of muslim countries. Wonder what our country will think of this. any comments from UMNO and PAS?
As for me, I’m all for world peace 🙂
Indonesia taps into Israeli emergency medical expertise
Zakaria Abdul Wahab, BERNAMA
SINGAPORE, Sat.:
A group of Indonesian medical personnel visited Israel earlier this month to tap into the Jewish state’s experience in emergency medicines accumulated during its long conflict with its Arab neighbours, according to a local media report.
The 23 Indonesians comprising nurses, paramedics and psychiatrists were invited by Mashav, an arm of the Israeli Foreign Ministry which organises courses for professionals from developing countries in fields ranging from agriculture to education, the Straits Times said today.
Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, has no diplomatic relations with Israel. The newspaper’s correspondent in Jerusalem reported that the focal point of the two-week study tour was achieving cooperation between hospitals, blood service centres and other relevant institutions in a mass casualty situation.
Indonesia has experienced such incidents in recent years like the tsunami in Aceh and earthquakes in many parts of the country.
The participants, from various parts of Indonesia including Papua, Menado, Makassar, Bali, Bogor, Surabaya, Yogyakarta and Aceh, visited Rambam Hospital in Haifa where many war casualties were treated during conflicts, and were briefed on the management of mass casualty stations and the integration of fire-fighting brigades in emergency situations.
Some members of the group also had an opportunity to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, during their stay there.
While some members of the group were Christian, most were Muslim and three of the doctors were members of Muhammadiyah, the second-largest Islamic organisation in Indonesia, the newspaper said.
And in the coming weeks, a group of Israeli doctors will be travelling to Indonesia for another ground-breaking encounter, it said.
