The Wisma Atlet Kemayoran emergency situation medical facility for COVID-19 patients in Central Jakarta has seen a decline in the number of infected patients.
The makeshift hospital, which worked as an athletes town for the 2018 Asian Games, is currently running 4 towers to deal with COVID-19 clients.
Tugas Ratmono, organizer for the COVID-19 emergency hospital, stated throughout a virtual discussion hosted by the national COVID-19 job force on Monday that home towers 4 and 5 were currently being utilized to treat asymptomatic patients.
Since Monday early morning, the tenancy rates of towers 4 and 5 were 40 and 60 percent, respectively.
On the other hand, the tenancy rates of towers 6 and 7, which are used to deal with clients with moderate signs, have gone down to 59 and 66 percent.
” Previously, [the occupancy rates of all towers] might reach 90 percent,” Tugas discussed.
He went on to say that the total variety of infected patients in towers 4 and 5 was over 1,600 each, while towers 6 and 7 housed around 1,800 patients.
He described that in previous weeks, the numbers of patients staying in towers 4 and 5 had actually reached over 2,000
Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) deputy chairman Slamet Budiarto stated that it was difficult to anticipate whether Indonesia had reached a peak in overall number of coronavirus cases.
” Jakarta had the highest variety of [COVID-19 cases] in March and April. However then East Java claimed the status. Now that East Java has actually seen a reducing variety of cases, Jakarta’s number has gone up again,” Slamet said.
As of Monday, Jakarta tape-recorded a total of 80,036 validated COVID-19 cases with 65,295 healings and 1,772 deaths.
On the decline of the occupancy rate in the Wisma Atlet healthcare facility, Tugas stated that the availability of hotels that offered rooms for asymptomatic clients may be a contributing factor.
” Previously, individuals would straight go to Wisma Atlet for self-isolation, but now some might have gone to the hotels,” he said.
He also stated that the lower rate of occupancy at Wisma Atlet had helped ease the burden of health care employees who were on responsibility at the emergency medical facility.
During the conversation, Slamet discussed the scenario in other provinces.
He said that many doctors in other provinces grumbled about an absence of medicine, instead of fatigue. “They just complain when they ' re lacking medication stocks,” he stated.
For that reason, Slamet prompted the government to offer the necessary supplies required to deal with COVID-19 patients, such as ventilators and medicines.
” The government has programs to decrease the numbers of infections and deaths. If the [doctors] are prepared, however the medicines are unavailable, it’s going to interrupt the health care service,” he said.
Both Tugas and Slamet also encouraged the public to assist flatten the curve by practicing the “3Ms” of health procedures: menggunakan masker(mask-wearing), mencuci tangan(handwashing) and menjaga jarak(social distancing). (jes)
Editor’s note: This article belongs to a public campaign by the COVID-19 task force (Satgas COVID-19) to raise people’s awareness about the pandemic.
