The Indonesian Health Ministry has dispatched a medical team to flood-stricken Gorontalo province in northern Sulawesi Island, national Antara news agency reported on Saturday.
Head of the Health Ministry's Crisis Control Center (PPK) Dr. Rustam S Pakaya said here the PPK's regional office in Manado, capital of north Sulawesi province, had sent the relief aid to Gorontalo.
The team included six surgeons, eight internists, four pediatricians and three nurses, he said.
According to Pakaya, the floodwaters in Gorontalo had already started to subside but the health ministry was anticipating the outbreak of water-borne diseases in the floods aftermath.
Flooding in Gorontalo province had inundated thousands of houses over the past few days. In Gorontalo city, four sub districts were submerged in flood waters reaching a height of up to 70 centimeters.
In Bone Bolango District, at least three sub districts and 15 neighborhoods were flooded following incessant rains over the past week.
But fortunately, there were no immediate reports of casualties in the disaster.
According to the U.S. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration's weather service recently, Indonesia will continue to experience above-average precipitation under the impact of La Nina in the period December 2007-February 2008.
Source: Xinhua
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