Earthquake-hit hospital in Ruteng treats patients in tents amid equipment shortages

An earthquake has severely damaged a hospital in Ruteng, in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, forcing medical staff to evacuate patients and establish a tent hospital in the car park.

Patients, including elderly people and a two-month-old baby, are being treated outdoors in intense daytime heat and colder nighttime conditions.

Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from a tent hospital in Ruteng.

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