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View all search resultsGovt ready to add hospital rooms, tents if needed
The national COVID-19 task force has said that the Health Ministry will add more hospital rooms to treat patients should Indonesia face a case surge of 100 percent.
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The national COVID-19 task force has said that the Health Ministry will add more hospital rooms to treat patients should Indonesia face a case surge of 100 percent.
“If the cases increase by 20 to 50 percent then [hospitals] would continue operating like at the moment,” task force spokesman Wiku Adisasmito said on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
According to Wiku, hospitals are capable of accommodating patients if cases do not increase beyond 50 percent. However, should cases increase by 100 percent, the ministry would turn general care units into makeshift rooms for COVID-19 patients.
In this scenario, hospitals would cooperate with the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to establish emergency tents at their COVID-19 patient areas.
While reassuring the public that the government had done its best to control the spread of the virus, Wiku urged the public to fully comply with health protocols.
