Until Sunday (01/20/2013) afternoon, as many as 20 people were killed in the floods in Jakarta since January 15.

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Until Sunday (01/20/2013) afternoon, as many as 20 people were killed in the floods in Jakarta since January 15.



Until Sunday (01/20/2013) afternoon, as many as 20 people were killed in the floods in Jakarta since January 15. This amount consisted of eight people in West Jakarta, each of the four people in East Jakarta and North Jakarta, and each of the two people in South Jakarta and Central Jakarta. They died because of drowning, electrocution, drowning, illness, and stuck at the disaster site.

"In New Kebayoran no baby left in the house. He was found dead when all busy saving ourselves," said Chief Medical Officer Dien Emmawati Jakarta, Sunday (01/20/2013) in Jakarta.

Currently, health care is concentrated in North Jakarta and West Jakarta. In these two regions than the number of refugees that much, some points are hard to reach medical disaster.

In Pluit, Dien said, there are 2300 displaced due to the dam burst. The next focus in Crocodile Swamp West Jakarta, where 3,000 people were displaced by flooding.

"It took us two hours to the Muara Baru from Pluit. We are there to provide medical aid and logistics. Once there was no electricity at night. New services we do today," said Dien.

Health Department during a state of emergency in the capital lowers flood 400 doctors, 200 nurses, and 184 school nurses. They also assisted 84 volunteer doctors from the University of Indonesia and 20 volunteer doctors from the University of Trisaksi.


President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to go to the location in the post flood Sports Arena (GOR) Otto Iskandardinata (Otista). The President is scheduled to visit flood-affected residents.

Traffic in the atmosphere Otto Iskandardinata little choked up. This is due to the presidential entourage car, the security and residents packed the car on the roadside GOR Otista.

GOR Otista a flood command post location for the citizens of China and surrounding Otto Bidara Iskandardinata, Jatinegara, Kampung Melayu. Indeed, some residents had returned to their homes because of flooding partly recede. But there are still some people who are still living in GOR, especially small children and housewives.

In the GOR is, there are only about 500 women and children. Indeed, many come are security guards, members of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and volunteers. At this location there is also a post Telkom Group that provides telecommunications services and routine treatment.

Moreover, in the post is also visited by child psychologist Kak Seto who provide counseling and assistance after the disaster.