Agats General Hospital Overwhelmed

Agats General Hospital which only has 20 beds, moved some patients to a church hall because it could not accommodate them.

Kompas/Wisnu Widiantoro

A child sleeps on her mother’s lap at the Indonesian Protestant Church hall in Papua, Asmat regency.

AGATS, KOMPAS — The number of malnourished children treated at Agats General Hospital, Asmat regency, Papua, jumped to 37 on Friday. The hospital, which only has 20 beds, moved some patients to a church hall because it could not accommodate them.

Based on a Kompas observation at 6 p.m. local time, the hospital, aided by policemen and soldiers, moved 13 malnourished patients to the Indonesian Protestant Church.