Hospital treats 1,700 tsunami victims

Hospital treats 1,700 tsunami victims

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Harapan Bunda Hospital has treated more than
1,700 Banda Aceh residents for free since the December tsunami,
the hospital announced on Wednesday.

Tsunami survivors have received free medical treatment since
January this year, said Oermaya Oemar, the hospital's director.

Oermaya said that doctors from outside the province had
volunteered to assist in treating tsunami patients at the
hospital.

The hospital received funding from foreign donors and non-
governmental organizations, which enabled it to treat people for
free.

One hundred women have also given birth at the hospital since
January, with one of them giving birth to triplets, said Oermaya.

At least 129,000 people were listed as dead or missing in Aceh
alone after the Dec. 26 tsunami. -- Antara