All Hospitals and Health Centres Affected by Disaster in Sumatra Have Recovered
Hydrometrological disasters affecting the regions of Aceh, North Sumatra (Sumut), and West Sumatra (Sumbar) in late 2025 also impacted health facilities (faskes) across the three provinces.
The Acceleration Task Force for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (Satgas PRR) Following the Sumatra Disaster recorded 3,476 health facilities damaged by the disaster.
The total comprised 87 government hospitals, 867 health centres (puskesmas), and 2,522 auxiliary health clinics (pustu). However, swift action by the Satgas PRR has ensured that all government hospitals and health centres are now operating at full capacity, with only 21 pustu remaining in the cleaning and renovation phase.
Muhammad Tito Karnavian, Chairman of the Satgas PRR Following the Sumatra Disaster, praised the swift action of the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) in ensuring rapid recovery of health facilities, thereby supporting the post-disaster recovery process in affected areas.
“I observed that health facilities, particularly general hospitals, recovered fastest compared with other sectors. The Health Minister went directly to the field and sent many volunteers even to mountainous regions,” said Tito in a written statement on Friday 13 March 2026.
He made these remarks during the launch of aid distribution of ambulances and medical equipment for disaster-affected areas at the Ministry of Health on Thursday 12 March.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that his ministry strove to ensure all affected health facilities resumed operations promptly in the early phase of disaster recovery.
This was to ensure affected residents could quickly access healthcare services. The Health Ministry also moved swiftly by deploying health volunteers from the Health Reserve Force (TCK) who were dispatched in waves to disaster locations.
“Within two weeks, most hospitals had resumed operations. For health centres, almost all regained function within four weeks. So within approximately one month, basic healthcare services were essentially operating normally,” said Budi.
The Satgas PRR also acted swiftly in providing assistance to approximately 3,000 healthcare workers (nakes) whose homes were damaged by flooding in the three affected provinces.
Currently, approximately 1,000 medical and healthcare personnel have received approval for fund disbursement for home repairs from the government.
“After medical facilities are restored, our priority is the staff. Our data shows more than 3,000 healthcare workers whose homes were damaged,” said Budi.
“How can doctors, nurses, and midwives work optimally serving the community if they themselves must still worry about their damaged homes,” he added.
For home repairs, the Satgas PRR through the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) distributed assistance of 15 million rupiah for lightly damaged homes, 30 million rupiah for moderately damaged homes, and 60 million rupiah for severely damaged or destroyed homes, with the option of home reconstruction by the Ministry of Public Housing and Settlement (PKP).
In addition to home repairs, affected healthcare workers are also entitled to individual assistance from the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos). This assistance includes food allowances of 15,000 rupiah per person per day for three months, furniture assistance of 3 million rupiah, and economic stimulus assistance of 5 million rupiah.