DamageD By Earthquakes, Jayapura Regional Hospital Will Be Improved By The Papua Provincial Government

The patients were in the emergency tent at the Jayapura Hospital after the M 5.4. (ANTARA/HO-Documentation of Elfira)

PAPUA - The Papua Provincial Government (Pemprov) will immediately fix the damage at the Jayapura Regional General Hospital (RSUD) so that local people can get good health services.

Assistant for General Affairs of the Papua Regional Secretariat, Derek Hegamur, said that until now the patient is still outside the hospital building where several buildings have experienced cracks, so repairs are needed.

The team from the provincial government is currently conducting building assessments at several hospitals in Jayapura City and several other provincial government buildings, he said in Jayapura, Papua, Thursday, February 16, was confiscated by Antara.

According to Derek, there are several main parts of the Jayapura Hospital Building that were badly damaged, then the first floor of the Regional Health Laboratory (Labkesda) also experienced the same thing, so this is a priority for the government.

"Until now, we continue to monitor the condition of the patients who are in tents, even so other services are still running normally," he said.

He explained, for hospitals in Jayapura City, there are some that are recorded for damage and his party will help, of course, gradually.

"We continue to urge the public to always be vigilant, and always check the condition of the environment and always maintain health so that they are not susceptible to disease," he said.

He added that based on data from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Papua Province, an earthquake measuring 5.4 magnitudes resulted in 20 public facilities being damaged, housing and government being lightly to severely damaged.