Those with serious injuries have been treated in hospitals and field hospitals set up after the under-land quake struck Mamuju city and Majene district on Friday
Residents gather at a makeshift shelter in Mamuju. PIC/AFP
A massive 6.2 earthquake that jolted Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province has so far left 42 people dead, over 800 others injured and some 15,000 displaced. It has also destroyed houses and infrastructures, a disaster official said on Saturday.
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Those with serious injuries have been treated in hospitals and field hospitals set up after the under-land quake struck Mamuju city and Majene district on Friday, National Disaster Management Agency’s spokesman Raditya Jati said. The quake have destroyed the Mitra Manakarra Hospital in Mamuju, according to Syarifuddin S, an official of the provincial social office, adding that that the displaced persons have taken shelter in evacuation centres.
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