Jokowi Visits Earthquake Victims in Palu

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Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, center, visits an Indonesian-run hospital at the Rohingya Jamtoli refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. Jokowi is in Bangladesh on a visit to sprawling refugee camps for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar. AP Photo/Manish Swarup

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko Widodo or Jokowi visited victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Palu and Donggala, who are treated in an emergency hospital at Mutiara Sis Al Jufri Airport, Palu City, Central Sulawesi on Wednesday, October 3.

“Approximately, the president met and greeted 23 patients one by one. He listened to their complaints and encouraged them to be patient during the recovery process,” said Presidential Secretary's Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media Bey Machmudin in a written statement.

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Bey said that a number of patients will be flown to Makassar and Manado for more intensive care. Jokowi visited the patients around 10:15 a.m. local time.

President Jokowi is planned to check the handling of the victims and public facilities in a number of locations in Palu.

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