Indonesian Health Crisis Worsens Amid Catastrophic Flooding

Residents in Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia, struggle with increasing diseases and insufficient medical care following devastating cyclone-induced floods. Healthcare facilities are overwhelmed, with a shortage of medicine and equipment. The crisis has prompted local government calls for a national emergency declaration to facilitate rescue and relief efforts.

Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia, is reeling under the dual crises of devastating floods and a healthcare collapse. Struggling with a surge in diseases, residents face inadequate medical care as the region's sole hospital is overwhelmed.

Cyclone-triggered floods and landslides have killed at least 940 across Sumatra, leaving bodies missing and triggering a health nightmare. Residents suffer from diseases like diarrhoea and fever amid unhygienic conditions, compounded by floodwaters submerging medicines.

Healthcare infrastructure is paralyzed; bridges are destroyed, hindering medical aid delivery. Economic measures and a national emergency declaration are being urged. President Prabowo Subianto has visited the area, promising infrastructure repairs.

(With inputs from agencies.)