A patient is treated in the outdoor walkway, for saftey reasons, at a hospital after a strong earthquake in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian medical teams struggled on Thursday to treat scores of people injured in a 6.5 magnitude earthquake a day after more than 100 people were killed in the worst disaster to hit the province since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
The quake toppled hundreds of buildings and left thousands of people homeless. The province of Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, has declared a two-week state of emergency.
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