JANGAN MENYERAH!

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful

When a mass disaster happen, it is not only involve preparation before it happen and what to do during it happen. Nevertheless, the management post disaster is also important and if it is neglected, it can create another problem and chronic/long term traumatic disorder.

Last Saturday, on the 27th of December, my colleagues and I went to one of the evacuation camp. Currently , there are three camps for merapi victims. Stadium Maguwoharjo, which is where we went, Youth Centre and Gor Sleman. My first sight before entering the stadium area was clothes hanging everywhere and even on the grass field. Thats when I know there must be a big number of people there.

Not all evacuees are placed at a same time. From my interview from one of the evacuee, the villagers from Cangkringan previously is at another camp but then they are evacuated again at Maguwoharjo. The reason is more efficient surveillance. So, including those from Cangkringan, the total of evacuee, there is 6500! Sure enough to held a charade.

Logistic Management Support

Logistic can be defined as a system whose parts interact smoothly to help reach a

good promptly and effectively to optimized use of resources.

"In emergency, logistic are required to support the organization and implementation of response operation in order to ensure their timeliness and efficiency" (PAHO-WHO 2001)

PAHO-WHO classified logistic items as the following:

1. MEDICINES

2. HEALTH SUPPLIES / KITS

3. WATER and ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

4. FOOD

5. LOGISTIC / ADMINISTRATION

6. SHELTER-ELECTRICAL-CONSTRUCTION

7. PERSONAL NEEDS / EDUCATION

8. HUMAN RESOURCES

9. AGRICULTURE / LIVESTOCK

10. UNCLASSIFIED / OTHERS

No. 1 and No. 2 are included as medic logistic. At the camp, medicines and health supplies are manage by several PHC. If I am not mistaken, there were three PHC from different province. However, there were no specific distribution for each sub district. Everyone can go to any of the post. Same goes to the distribution of water,food, clothes. Some of the evacuee complained that they have to queue for a long time since the were only 1 post for food.

The logistic still lack of efficiency. Some resources are excessive and some are in deficits. There are lots of shirts but that is not their priority. Instead, they need mattresses and blanket which is not enough as the weather is cold at night because the sleep in open air. Some of the clothes are left like a pile of trash, making the evacuee uncomfortable and hard to search for what they want. More over, some of the evacuee who just arrived a few days, does not now where to get help.

In my personal opinion, there should be a coordination in who is in charge for each village of district. The provincial health office (DINKES) should place one organization or several officers for each village or district. So that whenever they need clothes,food or medicine, they can go straight to the organization in charge. It will be easier to get access and faster.

Lastly, my apology if what I saw is wrong. And since it is a disaster and not evacuee came at the same time, so it is possible that problems in management could happen. I hope that it will be better in the future. The intentions are good and resources is already there, we just need to deliver it. Hang on Indonesia! Help is on the way. Wassalam.

Reference :

Lecture dr. Sulanto Saleh-Danu R., SpFK on Logistic (medical) and disaster