BNPB Guarantees Treatment To Recover Landslide Victims In Luwu, South Sulawesi

The joint team for the evacuation of landslide victims' vehicles in Luwu, South Sulawesi, which was buried in the ground on Tuesday, February 27. (Between)

SOUTH SULAWESI - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) ensures medical treatment to recover from victims of landslides in Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi (South Sulawesi).

Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari said the health services for victims were handled by the local government (Pemda) through the Luwu Health Center.

Information from the BNPB Pusdalops Team, it is known that there were 15 victims of the disaster, with details of 5 deaths and 10 declared safe.

Abdul explained, of the 10 survivors, five of them have returned home since Tuesday 27 February. Then five other people are still being treated by medical personnel at the puskesmas.

The victims who were under treatment suffered serious injuries at the time of the incident on Monday, February 26 at around 09.00 WIT. They were hit by landslide material right while passing at the scene, namely Jalan Poros Bonglo that morning.

Meanwhile, for the victims who died, according to him, only one in five people were found, namely a man with the initials RTN (50), a resident of Danampan Village, North Bekasem, Luwu. Then the other four bodies are still being searched under the pile of land.

The joint team of officers is still opening up the possibility that the number of victims who died could increase. This, he said, was because the post-disaster management process was still ongoing and at the time of the incident at the location there were quite a number of residents.

For this reason, the team has deployed several units of heavy equipment, excavators and bulldozers, to unravel the 100-meter-deep pile of landslides on Jalan Poros with a length of 100 meters and a width of eight meters.