Air pollution becoming unbearable


Cause for concern: This aerial view shows buildings and the Jakarta city skyline shrouded in haze due to air pollution. — AFP

Jakarta resident Veronica used to take her daughter, Alchemisha Michelle Veronica, now 10, to a nearby hospital to treat her recurrent eczema, which the latter developed at the age of three.

The condition was sometimes accompanied by bacterial infections. During one such occasion, Alchemisha’s leg had blue bruises and she could not walk.

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