Health problems in disaster areas can still be handled by local health personnel. However, the Provincial Health Office and the relevant District and Center for Crisis Response (PPK), Ministry of Health continue to supervise West Aceh.

Flood disaster that attack eight Districts (Bubon Layung sub district, Arongan sub district,Lambalek sub district, Pante Ceureuman sub district, Meureubo sub district , Meutulang sub district , Woyla West sub district , Woyla East sub district , and sSungai Mas sub district ), West Aceh District November 11, 2010 with a height of 1-2 feet of water, caused by heavy rains.

Efforts are made to cope with disaster victims is set up health posts in refugee camps, providing health services at community health centers and health posts and mobile health services in the district. Arongan Lambalek.

That was report from Crisis Response Center (PPK), Ministry of Health, obtained from West Aceh District Health Office November 14, 2010.

Mentawai islands

To handle health problems at the disaster area,it was formed three medical teams consisting of doctors, nurses, trauma healing, surveillance officer, sanitarian, family health and nutrition. The team was assigned to the Village of Betumonga, Bulasat Village, and Saumanganyak Village.

West Sumatra Provincial Health Department has sent a team of 12 people consisting of doctors, nurses, laboratory officer, surveillance officer, sanitarian, logistics officer who will conduct the examination of tuberculosis and malaria in the Malakopak district.

Health workers who remained in the disaster area as much as 12 people. Health workers support swho have been mobilized were 494 people consist of 17 facilitators, 30 specialists, 69 general physicians, 8 dentists, 4 DVI, 4 pharmacists, 239 nurses, 4 midwives, and 108 personnel of surveillance, 7 logistics staff, 1 nurse teeth and 3 power nutrients.

Thus the results of monitoring for Crisis Center (PPK), Ministry of Health, obtained from the District Health Office. Kep. Mentawai and KDP Sub Regional West Sumatra up to 12 November 2010 at 10.00 am.

Tsunami disaster that occurred in the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra has caused some illnesses such as diarrhea, respiratory infection, and depression. The number of cases of traumatic healing health service about 132 people, 38 cases of diarrhea, ARI 90 people, cases of 6 people anxious, depressed by 2 people and 4 people of injured victims common treatment.

Local health personnel has made provision aquatab at 5 Hamlet in the Village Saumanganyak. Spraying / fogging for the prevention of malaria disease in 13 houses in the hamlet Maonai and 35 houses in the hamlet Peururogat. Health Office (DHO) of the province located in the disaster area conducting surveillance and health services are coordinated by the Mentawai district health office.

Support from Ministry of Health, Sub Regional West Sumatra Crisis Center, Padang CTF II class, the Indonesian military (TNI), Red Crescent and UNICEF in the form of operational funds, logistics and other medical equipment have been sent to handle health problems in the location of the tsunami disaster in the Mentawai Islands .

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