JAKARTA — On Friday (28/4/2023), Dompet Dhuafa deployed the Free Health Service (LKC) Health Emergency Response Team (RDK) for a health service response for hundreds of Indonesian citizens (WNI) who were successfully evacuated from Sudan.
The RDK Dompet Dhuafa team, together with the Health Crisis Center of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) of the Republic of Indonesia, are tasked with carrying out health services, swabs, and vaccinations for Indonesian citizens evacuated from Sudan at the Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory.
As of Friday (28/4/2023) at 05.46 WIB, as many as 385 Indonesian citizens arrived in Indonesia after being evacuated from Sudan. This evacuation process was carried out due to the armed conflict in Sudan, namely the armed conflict between the Sudanese Government Military and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) Militia.
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Using Garuda Indonesia GA 991 aircraft, the first stage of the evacuation process was flown from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They consisted of 248 women, 137 men, and 43 children.
It is known that 902 Indonesian citizens will be repatriated. Launching the Detik page, the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno LP Marsudi, explained that the evacuation this time was carried out using a relay evacuation pattern.
The evacuation of Indonesian citizens from the Sudanese conflict began by land road from Khartoum to Port Sudan. Then Indonesian citizens from Port Sudan were evacuated to Jeddah by sea and air and returned gradually to Indonesia.
“Today, around 385 evacuated Indonesian citizens arrived at the Hajj dormitory for medical examination. The information will come gradually until May 2-3, around 900 people,” said dr. Yenni Purnamasari as GM of the Dompet Dhuafa Health Program.
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On Saturday (29/4/2023) night, the second wave of evacuation from Jeddah will be repeated. The last big wave is scheduled for Sunday (30/4/2023) with TNI AU aircraft. The flight also closed evacuation efforts.
“The health team is scheduled to be on duty from April 28 to May 3,” he added.
Apart from health services, Dompet Dhuafa has also prepared other services; Darling (Mobile Kitchen) and the Children’s Playground at the Hajj Dormitory, East Jakarta.
Sudanese Conflict
A significant issue in the conflict in Sudan is the plan to incorporate some 100,000 Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the army. The two generals differed over who would then command the new army.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF militia group blamed each other for the incident. The SAF-RSF has repeatedly blamed each other during the fighting that has been going on since Saturday (15/4/2023).
They blamed each other for violating the ceasefire agreement first. Since April 20, 2023, the SAF-RSF ceasefire has been repeatedly announced. There were repeated violations. Not only with rifles, they also attacked each other with cannons and air strikes and deployed armored fighting vehicles. (Dompet Dhuafa/Anndini)