Today's Top 3 News: Indonesian Hospital Uses Parking Lots to Treat Victims in Gaza, Minister Highlights Unstable Geopolitical Conditions Impacting Indonesia's Economy
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7 November 2023 20:16 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English rounded the top three news on Tuesday, November 7. Those include Indonesian Hospital Uses Parking Lots to Treat Victims in Gaza, Indonesian Minister Highlights Unstable Geopolitical Conditions; Impacting Indonesia's Economy, and Jakarta Anticipates Flooding, Prepares Waste Filters.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Gaza War Victims Rising, Indonesian Hospital Uses Parking Lots to Treat Victims
Medical volunteer organization Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) has reported that the Indonesian-Palestinian Hospital is using vehicle parking lots and yards to treat war victims of Israeli military attacks in the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza Faces Medicine Shortage.
The continued influx of a large number of victims has prompted the Indonesian Hospital management to use outdoor spaces, the president of the MER-C Indonesia presidium, Farid Thalib, said in Jakarta on Monday, November 6, 2023.
During an emergency, the Indonesian Hospital has the capacity to admit up to 800 people and accommodate 235 beds.
2. Indonesian Minister Highlights Unstable Geopolitical Conditions; Impacting Indonesia's Economy
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto highlighted several risks arising from the unstable geopolitical situation that will affect Indonesia's economy.
"The recent uncertain geopolitical condition in the Middle East and of course, the ongoing Ukraine [war], and Israel-Hamas also adding to the instability," he said during a press conference in Jakarta on Monday, November 6, 2023.
"The world was just beginning to breathe, and now it's suffocating again."
3. Jakarta Anticipates Flooding, Prepares Waste Filters
The Head of Jakarta Environmental Office Asep Kuswanto is preparing a water body waste management unit (UPS) to anticipate flooding in Jakarta. One of the measures is to ready the Manggarai Water Gate to manage the waste flooding issue.
Asep mentioned that his office has prepared for all possible scenarios. "We anticipated the possibility of a blockage in the river due to the garbage sent from upstream," Asep said when met at the City Hall on Monday, November 6, 2023.
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