At first the Indonesian Tzu Chi branch just entered the area to provide medical care and basic necessities. But when the water finally receded for good in March, there was a serious threat of epidemics of dengue fever and dysentery.
原先慈濟印尼分會只是設法進入該區進行義診與發放民生物資，但三月份積水退去後，登革熱與痢疾傳染病卻蓄勢待發。