Quake relief picks up pace in Indonesia

International rescue workers today rushed to get medical care, water and shelter to some 650,000 people displaced by Indonesia’s earthquake, aided by the reopening of the airport closest to the disaster zone.

Quake relief picks up pace in Indonesia

International rescue workers today rushed to get medical care, water and shelter to some 650,000 people displaced by Indonesia’s earthquake, aided by the reopening of the airport closest to the disaster zone.

The main hospital in hardest-hit Bantul district was overwhelmed, with patients cramming corridors or sleeping on pieces of cardboard in the car park, and doctors complained of a lack of supplies.

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