261 Police Personnel Who Have Been Dispatched To Cianjur, Including The Patoli Motor Health

The joint SAR team evacuated the bodies of two victims of the Cianjur earthquake buried on land in Cijedil Village, Cugenang District. (ANTARA-Andi Firdaus).

JAKARTA - The National Police deployed 261 personnel from medical and paramedics to Cianjur, West Java. They will serve the health of residents affected by the earthquake.

Head of the National Police's Center for Medicine and Health (Pusdokkes) Inspector General Dr. Asep Hendradiana said the 261 personnel consisted of 21 specialists, general practitioners (41), dentists (5), nurses (96), health workers (nakes) (36), and non-health workers (62).

The National Police's Health Task Force team also prepared an ambulance (19 units), a cabin car (3), and a two-wheeled vehicle (16).

He explained that the National Police continues to provide optimal service to people affected by the earthquake in the area. The National Police has also formed a health task force to serve the community, both those who died, were injured, and were sick after the earthquake.

The National Police has also prepared Bhayangkara Hospital as a place of treatment and Cianjur Hospital as a Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Command Post. Based on patient data that was handled to this day, at Bhayangkara Cianjur Hospital 463 patients, including 281 patients with minor injuries, serious injuries (72), surgery (55), and patients were referred to other hospitals (30).

In addition, at Bhayangkara Setukpa Hospital, two patients were moderately injured and seven people were hospitalized.

"From DVI data to date, 149 bodies have been identified and the identification process is still ongoing," he said in a written statement received in Cianjur, Wednesday, November 30, quoted from Antara.

The Mobile Command Post in Cianjur Polri also held mobile posts in several areas by treating hundreds of patients. Asep said the health team would continue to provide emergency services, hospitalizations, and outpatients. "We also deployed Brimob motor patrols with health volunteers from Polda Metro Jaya to find locations and locations for evacuation/victims that were difficult to reach and provide health services after the earthquake," he said.

The health team moved to a refugee post or location that had not been touched by health services, by providing health and hygiene counseling to refugees.

In addition, he said, evacuations were carried out for residents if they really needed further treatment. The DVI team is also still continuing the identification process, receiving reports of missing people, and conducting interviews with the families of the victims. "Everything the members do with the heart and spirit of 'Dokkes Mengabdi to the Police for the Country'," he concluded.