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Island in focus: Chopper crash survivor transferred to Medan

The survivor of a recent helicopter crash, Fransiskus Subihardayan, 22, was transferred on Thursday from Pangururan Hospital in Samosir to Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Medan for intensive treatment

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Fri, October 16, 2015 Published on Oct. 16, 2015 Published on 2015-10-16T15:16:47+07:00

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he survivor of a recent helicopter crash, Fransiskus Subihardayan, 22, was transferred on Thursday from Pangururan Hospital in Samosir to Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Medan for intensive treatment.

Bhayangkara hospital head Adj. Sr. Comr. Farid Amansyah said Fransiskus would be handled by several specialists, such as a lung expert, psychiatrist and psychologist. '€œHopefully, he can recover physically and psychologically,'€ Farid said.

Earlier, a Search and Rescue (SAR) team saved Fransiskus '€” one of five passengers on board the Eurocopter EC-130 chopper that went missing on Sunday on the way from Samosir to Kualanamu International Airport in Medan and was believed to have plunged into the country'€™s biggest lake '€” from Lake Toba waters on Tuesday.

The chopper belonged to PT Penerbangan Angkasa Semesta. The other four people on board have not yet been found.

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