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Jakarta (voinews): The Indonesian Field Hospital has treated more than one hundred victims of the Turkey earthquake in Hassa city, Hatay province, National Disaster Mitigation Agency said.

"Since its operation on February 16, 2023 at 06.00 pm local time, we have tended to more than one hundred patients who live in Hassa area," head of operation center at National Disaster Mitigation Agency Bambang Surya Putra said in a statement received here on Sunday.

With a range of medical personnel as well as EMT (emergency medical team) type 2 facilities, including an operation room, the field hospital offers a variety of services for the patients.

The medical personnel include general practitioners, surgeons, anesthetists, pediatricians, ophthalmologists, nutritionists, internists, midwives, pharmacists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and forensics.

Among the medical services which the field hospital offered included outpatient care, hospitalization, as well as operation, Putra said.

Moreover, they also offer basic medical services, obstetrics and gynecology services, resuscitation, and mobile clinics.

The field hospital also provides trauma healing service for the earthquake victims and helps them to be referred to local hospitals.

Indonesian Field Hospital has coordinated with Hassa Health Office and Turkey Disaster Mitigation Agency to conduct and offer the medical services in that hospital throughout February 2023.

The Indonesian hospital has treated some 150 to 200 patients daily, performed five to ten minor surgeries and at least two to three major operations. They have also provided inpatient care to 20 patients. 

Indonesia dispatched some 119 emergency medical personnel to Turkey, as well as supporting medical facilities and medicines. Other aids which the government also sent include search and rescue team to Antakya, as well as some other logistics.

The Hassa city government has been looking forward to the operation of the RSLI following the M7.7 earthquake on February 6, 2023. On Wednesday ( February 15), Hassa Mayor Osman Acar said that patients will be directed to RSLI for treatment. (Antaranews)

Jakarta (voinews): Head of National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Suharyanto urged regional governments to act quickly in responding to disasters and make sure that the logistics and funding needed are provided. 

"Basic logistical supply for people who are affected must be the main thing to pay attention to when disaster strikes," he said in a statement on Sunday.

The budget for emergency spending or other accountable resources could be mobilized to fulfill the logistical needs of the people affected by disasters, he said. 

He also reminded regional governments that they could set emergency status in that area if they deemed it necessary.

On February 16, 2023, Bengawan Solo River could not contain the volume of water that courses through its length, leading to flooding in Solo City and Sukoharjo District.

The following day, Suharyanto made some stops in Central Java impacted by the disaster, including to a shelter in Gandekan Village Office in Jebres, Solo City, and a shelter in Gadingan Village, Mojolaban, in Sukoharjo district. 

During his visit, he delivered logistics for the victims. They include 2,500 blankets, 2,000 packs of staple foods, 1,000 hygiene kits, 200 family tents, five 6x12 metres tents, and two boats.

There was also emergency funding aid for the governments of Solo and Sukoharjo, who each received Rp500 million (USD 33 thousand).

According to data from the Sukoharjo Disaster Mitigation Agency, some 4,000 people had to seek shelter due to the flood. The flood went as high as 2 metres.

Solo Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that 10 thousand people were impacted by the flood, which went as high as 1.5 metres. (Antaranews)

The Indonesian Search and Rescue (INASAR) team has deployed 14 personnel at the Sector R operating point in Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkiye, to locate victims reported missing following the February 6, 2023, quake.

"The personnel who are members of the Charlie team are supported by a sniffer dog of the K-9 category," INASAR team leader Yopi Hariyadi informed in an official statement received from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) here on Saturday.

The 14 personnel were deployed on Friday based on information regarding eight missing people in Sector R, an electrical area in Antakya. It was suspected that the missing people were buried under building debris, he said.

During the search and evacuation operation, the rescue team used excavators to dismantle debris, while still paying attention to safety, he added.

Meanwhile, team members used the K-9 sniffer dog to carry out a search of the buildings, Hariyadi said.

He informed that a few hours after the members were deployed and moved to another location, officers reported that three residents were suspected of being trapped under the rubble of a building. However, even after searching for about nine hours, the team has yet to find the residents.

He said that another team, the Alpha team, was deployed in the Diyarbakir area to look for two missing Indonesian citizens. However, the team returned to the INASAR post at 9:35 a.m. local time with no results.

The INASAR post is located in Hatay, Antakya, Hatay Province. In that area, Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams from several countries, including Australia, Argentina, and Switzerland, are still carrying out operations.

Starting Sunday, the search and rescue coordination will no longer be under the control of the USAR Coordination Cell (UCC), but will be taken over by the Turkish Disaster Management Agency (AFAD).

INASAR, which is under the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), is a USAR team with a medium qualification from the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), Hariyadi said. (antaranews)

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati believes that no country could single-handedly resolve the climate crisis through individual action, as it had turned out to be an issue of global proportions.

"Climate change is a global public gamble," Indrawati stated at the Munich Security Conference, as observed here, Saturday.

At the conference organized with the theme of "Power Shifts: Geopolitics of the Green Transition," the minister advocated for collaboration among countries to address the issue of climate change.

She pointed out that countries in the Global South are the most vulnerable to encounter issues in addressing climate change, particularly in terms of the capital and technology aspects.

Indrawati said that the Global South countries are deliberating with each other on energy transition and devising a road map that aligns with their fiscal, political, and accessibility conditions.

The minister noted that renewable energy development requires a different investment approach as, for instance, the development of geothermal potentials needs an advance capital investment to address risks in its exploration.

Moreover, several countries in the Global South have no access to additional capital to develop renewable energy potentials outside of solar energy.

Hence, it highlighted the urgent need to address the issue properly, and more fortunate countries must not neglect those nations and should assist them, she affirmed.

She noted that Global South countries hold extensive economic potentials that would continue to develop in the future.

"A lot of them are actually capable of developing renewable energy earlier rather than continue using fossil-based fuel and making it cleaner," Indrawati remarked.

On Sunday (February 12), Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar stated that Indonesia had formulated policies and actions to address the impacts of climate change, so as to protect people's lives and ensure national development as well as to partake in global efforts to limit increase in global temperature.

The state has also ratified the Paris Agreement through Law Number 16 of 2016 and issued Presidential Regulation Number 98 of 2021 on the implementation of carbon economic value for achieving Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets and controlling greenhouse gas emissions in national development. (Antaranews)