Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
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Heavy rain
which fell without pause at the end of November and left long wounds on
Aceh
Tamiang.Behind the number of victims and the ruins of houses swept away by the current, lies the sad story of a woman named Aisha (63), a story that touches the boundaries of humanity about loss, helplessness and love that has never been fully conveyed.
Under the refugee tent which was damp and smelled of wet earth, Muhamad Asan was still sitting pensive.His gaze was blank, but his voice broke every time he mentioned his wife’s name.
“No, there really isn’t,” he said softly when asked whether Aisha received medical treatment while in the refugee camp, citing
Sec
.
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Aisha has had diabetes for a long time.Medicine was part of their daily routine, a routine that was forced to be interrupted when a major flood hit their home.In the panic of fleeing, the family did not have time to bring anything other than the clothes on their bodies.
“From the moment we started evacuating, she wasn’t healthy. She had diabetes for a long time, so she didn’t bring her medicine here,” said Asan quietly, trying to remember his wife’s last days.
Every night, Aisha is said to be restless.His body was getting weaker, his breathing was shallow.He repeatedly begged to return to the house where for decades they had built their life together.
“He asked to go home. The house was no longer there, it was destroyed,” said Asan, holding back tears.
The house that Aisha meant was no longer left.Floods and landslides of wood, stone and mud hit their settlements.All that remains are cracked foundations and memories buried in the mud.
For Aisha, that place may still be home, but for Asan, returning there means facing the harsh reality that he cannot protect himself from his wife.
Aisha breathed her last breath in a refugee camp, far from adequate health facilities, far from the comfort that should protect refugees.His departure adds to the long list of victims of the devastating floods that hit Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
According to BNPB data as of Sunday (7/12), 917 people died, 274 were declared missing, and 4,200 others were injured due to floods in the three provinces.Hundreds of thousands of residents are now living under emergency tents in 52 districts/cities.
Aceh is the area with the most victims and Aisha is one of the faces of that number, a face that conveys how fragile human life is in the midst of disaster.
In the midst of the hustle and bustle of refugees trying to survive from day to day, Aisha’s departure is a reminder that disasters are not just about floods and swept away houses.Disasters are also about those who are sick, those who did not have time to bring medicine, those who were not able to be saved.
And for Asan, disaster is about losing someone whose hand he has held for decades, just disappearing, without having time to take him home, because the house has gone with him.
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