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View all search results342 medical workers have died of COVID-19: IDI
According to IDI data, which was released on Saturday, the total figure comprised 192 doctors, 14 dentists and 136 nurses. The deceased doctors were 101 general practitioners (including four professors), 89 specialists (seven professors) and two residents.
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he Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has reported an update on COVID-19 fatalities in medical and health workers, with a total of 342 deaths, almost nine months after Indonesia announced its first cases of the disease.
According to IDI data, which was released on Saturday, the total figure comprised 192 doctors, 14 dentists and 136 nurses. The deceased doctors were 101 general practitioners (including four professors), 89 specialists (seven professors) and two residents.
The Indonesian Nurses Association (PPNI) said 75 percent of nurses who died were stationed in patient rooms at hospitals.
“It is possible that they contracted the virus from patients who had not received their swab tests yet, or from asymptomatic carriers.
“We are fully aware that health workers from all sides are already running out of capacity to treat patients, especially with the case surge, and handle their swab tests.
“Therefore, we really need the government and health facility management to immediately provide hospitals with the best medical equipment in order to get COVID-19 test results quickly, as well as routine virus tests for health workers, to help curb the virus transmission,” PPNI chairman Harif Fadhilah said in a statement.
