The Federation-PMI relief operation will continue for two to three months, assisting 18,000 beneficiaries. The field hospital will be operational until the provincial hospital has been rebuilt in six to seven month's time. After that it will be repackaged and send to the Palang Merah Indonesia in Jakarta, ready to be dispatched to the next disaster. Volunteers from the Indonesian Red Cross have been active since the earthquake struck. A young Red Cross volunteer at work.
Volunteers transport plastic sheeting and other emergency supplies.
One of the first patients to be operated on in the new field hospital was a woman who incurred electric burns on her hand while clearing the rubble of her house the day after the earthquake. Two of her fingers were amputated. A Federation delegate tours the hospital. The Chairman of the Indonesia Red Cross spent three days visiting the damaged areas.