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View all search resultsJakarta to add more COVID-19 referral hospitals
As of now, there are 98 COVID-19 referral hospitals in Jakarta, 90 of which were appointed by the governor through a gubernatorial decree, eight of which were selected by the Health Ministry.
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To anticipate a rising COVID-19 cases tally, the Jakarta Health Agency is planning to add more COVID-19 referral hospitals in the capital city.
“Several hospitals will be turned into COVID-19 referral hospitals later,” the agency’s disease control and prevention unit head, Dwi Oktavia, said as quoted by kompas.com on Saturday.
She went on to say that the selected hospitals would have to make several preparations beforehand, such as designing a zoning system to separate COVID-19 patients from other patients.
“The hospitals have to arrange a flow system for both the medical personnel as well as the patients. There needs to be another facility for COVID-19 patients to separate them from the regular ones,” Dwi said.
Aside from preparing new facilities, the selected hospitals also have to provide health workers specialized in providing care for COVID-19 patients. Dwi emphasized that medical personnel who were appointed to treat infected patients were not allowed to treat other patients.
