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Ponorogo landslide evacuees feel queasy, dizzy
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Search operation: Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel remove a motorcycle belonging to a victim of a landslide in Banaran village, Pulung district, Ponorogo, East Java, on April 3.
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esidents fleeing a recent landslide in Ponorogo, East Java, have started to get sick as they begin their fifth day of living in temporary shelters across the regency, the local health agency has said.
“Some people have started to feel uncomfortable living in the shelters. This feeling has led them to feel queasy and dizzy,” Ponorogo Health Agency head Rahayu Kusdarini said as quoted by kompas.com on Thursday.
She said the shelters provided were good enough, but living in one for quite a long period had caused them to feel ill. She said living in shelters for a certain period of time could lead to boredom or even depression, conditions that if left unresolved could become dangerous.
As reported earlier, a landslide occurred in Ponorogo last Saturday morning. The Ponorogo Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) said 26 or 27 people were reported missing while 23 houses were buried in the incident, displacing about 300 residents. Volunteers are still searching for the missing people and at least three people have been found so far.
Rahayu said volunteers also suffered health problems such as diarrhea. She said her agency had installed several health posts in the area right after the incident, with each post was now served by at least three personnel consisting of two nurses and one doctor. (saf/ebf)
