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DEPOK, KOMPAS.com – A resident of Depok’s home reportedly died in an online taxi suffering from Covid-19-like symptoms, after being rejected by many referral hospitals.
This was transmitted by LaporCovid19, which received a report directly from the patient’s family on January 3, 2021.
“His family members died in an online taxi after being turned away from 10 Covid-19 referral hospitals,” LaporCovid19 wrote in a press release with the Center for Strategic Development Initiatives of Indonesia (CISDI) on Friday. (1/15/2021).
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Despite receiving the report on January 3, 2021, according to a source Kompas.com, the incident occurred on December 20, 2020.
The incident happened to a parent who had difficulty finding a Covid-19 referral hospital when he experienced shortness of breath and a host of other Covid-19-like symptoms.
“Sorry, we cannot reveal the identity of the reporter,” the source said. Kompas.com that.
In fact, this situation reflects the terrible situation that is currently occurring in many areas due to the increase in Covid-19 cases after long holidays, including in Depok.
The head of the Depok City Health Office, Novarita, could not confirm this news. He said his group was looking for the identity of the resident.
“Before there was the name of a doctor who was the source, but he gave it to someone else, but the data seems very closed,” Novarita said. Jakarta Grandstand, Saturday (1/16/2021).
“I want to know what the motivation is. To improve, we have to know the data so that it is clear, if there is no care or he went to the hospital, the initiative cannot wait. Because right now the ER is very busy, in the end it is looking for maybe 10 hospitals, “he said.
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The alarm sounds since November
The alarm over the threat of the collapse of healthcare facilities in Depok has been sounding since late November, roughly 2 weeks after the initial surge in Covid-19 patients occurred in Depok on November 11, 2020.
Two large state-owned hospitals, namely Depok City Hospital and Indonesia University Hospital (RS UI), said their Covid-19 isolation ward occupancy started to touch 80 percent.
Based on this warning, the availability of ICU for patients with severe symptoms is the most worrying because the number is really small, so they cannot accept all Covid-19 patients referred to the 2 hospitals.
On December 29, 2020, when the number of patients with Covid-19 had reached 3,343, the director of Depok City Hospital, Devi Maryori, confirmed that the emergency department (IGD) of the hospital he underwent was fully under his control. control.
As a result, patients have to queue.
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A week ago, Novarita said isolation bed occupancy for Covid-19 patients was approaching 90 percent. Meanwhile, 56 ICUs out of 21 hospitals were almost completely full.
Following up on the crisis in the availability of isolation beds and ICUs, the Depok City Covid-19 Management Working Group invited several hospital directors to sit together.
“We identified the building they owned. We are currently coordinating with the hospital the possibility of adding isolation beds and also for the ICU,” said Dadang Wihana, spokesperson for the task force, on Thursday (July 1, 2021).
“Then, (map) in which hospitals you can work, from the city government in what you can intervene. Likewise, we will propose to the Province and the Center what ventilators are our needs. The amount is adjusted to the existing facilities in the hospital. “The director of the hospital specified the number of rooms used for ICU beds,” he explained.
Currently, the number of Covid-19 patients at Depok is 4,204, the most during the 10 months the pandemic has hit.
Not only in Depok
The Depok case is just a small sample of the current national emergency situation.
Tri Maharani, a volunteer with the Citizens Help Report teamovov19, highlighted that the situation of health services was critical.
“Actually, signs of collapse of the health service have been indicated since September 2020, which then decreased during the implementation period of the PSBB in Jakarta,” Tri explained in his statement.
“By mid-November 2020, the simultaneous regional elections and the Nataru holiday will exacerbate the hospital’s inability to accommodate patients,” he added.
In the field, LaporCovid19 found that the referral system between health facilities was not working well, the hospital capacity information system was not working.
Many residents who need medical emergencies due to being infected with Covid-19 do not know where to go.
This condition is exacerbated by unresolved problems in the health system, including limited bed capacity, inadequate protection of health workers, and the unavailability of a health information system that is regularly updated. real time.
“If it is not resolved immediately, more and more people will die because the authorities have neglected to provide the right to health care and services,” Tri said.
