100 doctors died from Covid-19, what are the impacts? All pages

KOMPAS.com – Six months since the first Covid-19 case report in Indonesia on March 2, 2020, current Covid-19 cases in Indonesia have reached 174,796 cases.

Of them, 7,417 people died. Meanwhile, 125,959 people were declared recovered.

Of the number of victims who died, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) recorded more than 100 doctors who died fighting the new type of coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 as of Tuesday (1/9/2020).

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The names of these doctors come from various areas in Java, Sulawesi, Bali, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Riau Islands, up to Papua.

Reflecting on the hundreds of doctors who died from Covid-19, what were the impacts?

The mental burden of another doctor

Dr. Mahlil Ruby, secretary of PB IDI’s Physician Death Defense and Audit Team, said there were several impacts related to the deaths of hundreds of doctors due to Covid-19.

Ruby said that the doctors who died were not only doctors who cared for Covid-19 patients, but also those who were not specifically treating Covid-19.

Therefore, it is detrimental to the state to lose the best sons and daughters who have been educated for a dozen years to become trustworthy doctors.

“The investment in medical education is quite expensive. Furthermore, there are many doctors who die as superspecialists or specialist consultants. Educating a doctor to become a superspecialist takes 12 to 15 years. So the state actually loses by losing professional staff to serve the people, “he said. Ruby when contacted Kompas.com, Tuesday (9/1/2020).

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The next shock, Ruby continued, of the death of hundreds of doctors due to Covid-19 infection was related to the mental burden on other doctors.

Therefore, other doctors may experience anxiety and worry about contracting Covid-19, which has an impact on the comfort of work.

“This burden increases labor inconvenience and affects services,” Ruby added.

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So, Ruby continued, the next shock is that it will affect other healthcare workers.

According to IDI records, many health workers were afraid of being beaten, so many private hospital nurses resigned.

“An example is a hospital. Of course, it will once again have an impact on Covid-19 patient services as cases increase,” he explained.

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Not only does it have an impact on fellow healthcare workers, family physicians currently on duty also feel anxious when they release their family members to the battlefield.

“If your husband, wife, father or child will come back safe and sound until the war is over or dies. This is really like war,” Ruby said.

In line with Ruby, the head of the Covid-19 Working Group for the Indonesian Physicians Association (IDI), Zubairi Djoerban, also relayed the same.

According to Zubairi, until this news was published, 102 doctors had died from being infected with Covid-19.

“Today (Tuesday, September 1, 2020) 102 doctors have died,” Zubairi said when contacted the same day.

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He added that the impact of the death of hundreds of doctors would be greater with Covid-19 patients increasing day by day.

This is not just the case in Jakarta, but most areas in Indonesia have experienced the same and have resulted in a reduction in the number of treatment rooms.

“Especially in the current position, the number of patients is increasing. In the incident this morning, a colleague of mine wanted to find a room, but said it was full,” Zubairi said.

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“This is in Jakarta, the hospital is full, look for it bed hard. So the more crowded the hospital is, the greater the transmission to health workers, ”Zubairi explained.

According to him, the difficulty in finding a treatment room occurs in most of Indonesia, especially where the number of cases is currently increasing.

“Not only the treatment room, the ICU room is also full confirm, “He explained.

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In addition, Zubairi also highlighted test coverage questions that are not yet massive.

He also advised the government to increase the number of tests that are carried out every day.

“I also highlighted the issue of the small coverage of the test. The test was very small. In fact, if the test were many, there would be more cases,” he added.

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