Commission IX Of The House Of Representatives Asks The Ministry Of Health To Beware Of Post-Flood Diseases

Illustrations-Polda North Sumatra and the joint team are looking for victims affected by the disaster in Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra. ANTARA/HO-North Sumatra Police Public Relations Service.

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the DPR, Yahya Zaini asked the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) to form a team to anticipate the illness caused after the flash flood disaster in Aceh, North Sumatra, to West Sumatra.

The reason is, according to Yahya, the community, especially flood victims, is very vulnerable to diseases such as fever and diarrhea to ARI.

"Be aware of post-flood diseases. The government must deploy a team to check the health of floods in Aceh and North Sumatra," Yahya Zaini told reporters, Friday, November 28.

"The government must intervene to monitor the impact of flooding, such as ispa, dengue fever, and diarrhea," continued the head of the commission in charge of health.

Yahya emphasized that the central and regional governments must take serious prevention so that the post-flood impact does not involve casualties.

"The central government must cooperate with local governments, through the Ministry of Health and regional health offices to ensure that flood-affected residents are free from disease," he said.

"And there were no additional victims who died from post-flood diseases," added the Golkar legislator from the East Java electoral district.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that medical treatment for flood and landslide victims in Aceh to North Sumatra (North Sumatra) was under control.

Currently, said the Minister of Health, health care is carried out by the city and district health offices by monitoring from the Ministry of Health.

"We are always at the National Crisis Center which backs up, the Provincial Health Office and the City Health Office. If they can't, we will enter," said Budi Gunadi.

For information, the flood disaster in Aceh caused 97,384 people to be affected. East Aceh Regency is the worst area with 29,706 people affected by floods and landslides in locations where 2,456 residents were forced to evacuate. Disasters in various areas in Aceh caused at least 22 deaths and dozens of people were reported missing.

Meanwhile, disasters in various areas in North Sumatra have killed 62 people and 65 others are still missing. In addition, there were 13 people seriously injured and 82 people suffered minor injuries.

Then, there were 12 people who died as a result of the disaster in West Sumatra. A total of 12 thousand people fled due to the disaster in West Sumatra