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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Data from the Mitigation Team of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Physicians Association (PB IDI) revealed 504 medical staff in Indonesia died as a result of exposure corona virus (Covid-19), with details of 237 doctors, 15 dentists, 171 nurses, 64 midwives, 7 pharmacists and 10 medical laboratory personnel.
The IDI said that Indonesia is currently in the top rank of medical personnel deaths in Asia and in the top five worldwide.
“In fact, during December 2020, 52 doctors died due to Covid-19. This number has increased fivefold since the beginning of the pandemic,” PD IDI mitigation team leader Adib Khumaidi said in a statement. written received by CNNIndonesia.com, Saturday (2/1).
Adib revealed that the physicians who died were 131 general practitioners and 101 specialist physicians, as well as 5 residents, all of whom came from 25 regional or provincial IDIs and 102 branch or regency / city IDIs.
The province that contributed the most to doctor deaths was East Java with 46 cases of doctor deaths, 37 deaths from DKI Jakarta, and 31 doctor deaths in Central Java in the 10 months of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
Adib explained that the data was also compiled through colleagues, namely the Indonesian National Nurses Association (PPNI), the Indonesian Association of Midwives (IBI), the Indonesian Association of Experts in Medical Laboratory Technology (PATELKI). ), the Indonesian Pharmacists Association (IAI), which represents cumulative data on deaths due to covid from March 19 to the end of December 2020.
Adib also said that the increase in the number of health worker deaths was the result of activities in recent months, such as regional elections and long vacations.
“One of the impacts of the accumulated increase in activity and mobility that has taken place recently is such as vacations, pilkada, and activities of reunion with friends and family who are not at home,” he explained.
Therefore, Adib again reminded the public that the steps that can suppress the transmission of the corona virus are from the community.
He also asked the public to be more obedient to health protocols, including wearing masks, washing hands, and keeping distance.
Adib also said that if people wear masks, protection against the virus reaches 85 percent, if you keep a distance of 90 percent, and if you wash your hands, safety against the virus reaches 80 percent.
Not only that, he also asked the government to continue to improve testing, tracking, and treatment (3T).
“Apart from that, we also remind the government and managers of health facilities to pay attention to the availability of personal protective equipment for medical and health workers,” he said.
(kha / vws)
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