00:01New mothers and their newborns were crammed into a small maternity ward in the eastern Indonesian town of Ruteng on
00:08Monday,
00:09two days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed 54 people.
00:40The Saturday earthquake forced some mothers to undergo C-sections as aftershocks continued,
00:46while nurses cared for babies in incubators in hallways strewn with debris and rubble.
00:51A young mother gave birth on Monday as aftershocks continued to rattle the area.
01:00Yes, a small room, it's easy, but it's like that, just use a small room.
01:09The people would leave there for a while.
01:12I'm afraid.
01:14I'm afraid, sir.
01:16I'm still waiting for you, sir.
01:20Ruteng recorded the highest death toll in the region, with 25 fatalities reported as of Sunday.
01:26Thousands of people have been evacuated, with many sheltering in tents outdoors and afraid to return home amid fears of
01:35further aftershocks.
01:36The earthquake cast a grim shadow over Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations,
01:41with nearly 1,600 aftershocks recorded in the province by Monday, including a magnitude 5.6 quake that struck in
01:50the morning.
01:50Not yet.
01:57You
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