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Tsunami Survivors at Risk of Disease and Malnutrituion
Survivors of the Tsunami disaster are dying or at great risk due to disease, malnutrition, inadequate water and the lack of medical attention. The following article captures the daunting challenge that relief workers face in their race to meet the needs of the suffering.
Eight days after the disaster, in which more than 100,000 may have died on the Indonesian island of Sumatra alone, helicopters are only now starting to reach the remote, levelled towns and villages where most of the victims will be found
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In Medan on the east coast, Sumatra's biggest city, 12,500 tons of food have arrived, enough to keep half a million people alive for six to eight weeks. The UN believes there to be about 800,000 people in need of help..
Posted by tim at January 3, 2005 9:20 PM
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