Diarrhea sends 100 to hospital

Diarrhea sends 100 to hospital

TERNATE, Maluku: Diarrhea has broken out on the island of Obi
Mayor, hit by a powerful earth quake on Sunday, where more than
100 people are now hospitalized.

Director of Natural Disasters Affairs D.L. Tobing said his
office has sent seven tons of rice, 200 pieces of clothing and
cooking utensils for 100 families.

A spokesman for the North Maluku regency government, Abd.
Latief St. Panduko, said that local health authorities had sent a
medical team to the area and that the government has been also
receiving donations from private and government organizations
since Monday, he said.

A quake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked Ternate
Sunday, destroying over 400 homes, killing one person and
injuring at least 25 others.

The local station of Meteorology and Geophysics recorded 10
aftershocks on Tuesday, with the strongest measuring 4.5 on the
Richter scale, Antara said. (pan)