The Explosion At Semen Padang Hospital Is Not A Bomb, The Inafis Team Is Still Investigating The Cause

Health workers evacuated patients affected by the explosion at Semen Padang Hospital on Tuesday afternoon (30/1/2024). (ANTARA/Muhammad Zulfikar).

Padang City Police Chief Kombes Ferry Harahap confirmed that the explosion that occurred at Semen Padang Hospital was not a bomb. "Please make it clear to the public so as not to panic that this is not a bomb explosion," said the Chief of Police to reporters in Padang, West Sumatra, Antara, Tuesday, January 30. Ferry said that currently the hospital is focusing on evacuating inpatients to a number of hospitals in Padang City, including outpatients and patients who are in the emergency unit being allowed to go home. "After the explosion, this hospital was not operating so these patients were evacuated to other hospitals," said Ferry. Regarding the source or cause of the explosion, the Police Chief emphasized that currently the police, especially the Indonesian Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) team, are still investigating and investigating. From the results of temporary observations, continued Ferry, the facility on the seventh floor of the hospital was quite badly affected by the explosion. However, it is not known for sure what the equipment was damaged. Meanwhile, the President Director of Semen Padang Hospital, dr. Selfi Farhasha said she did not know for sure the cause of the explosion that occurred at the hospital on Tuesday afternoon at around 15.30 WIB. "We cannot confirm the source and cause of this explosion," said the President Director of Semen Padang Hospital, Dr. Selfi Farhasha.

Currently, hospital management is evacuating 102 hospitalized patients. All of these patients were transferred to several nearby hospitals for further treatment.