SINGAPORE: Singapore has sent a 54-strong medical team from the Singapore Armed Forces to help earthquake victims in West Sumatra.

The medical team left for Indonesia in four Republic of Singapore Air Force C-130 aircraft which took off on Saturday afternoon.

The team, which includes doctors and nurses from the Health Ministry, will work with the Indonesian authorities to provide primary healthcare and perform surgery on affected disaster victims.

They will set up a medical facility at Pariaman, a coastal town that is 50 kilometres north of Padang.

On Friday, 42 personnel from the Singapore Civil Defence Force were deployed to help in rescue operations.


- CNA/so

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