All Health Centers To Hospitals In DKI Jakarta Ready To Handle Monkeypox

Hospital illustration (Photo: antara)

JAKARTA - All health facilities in DKI Jakarta, starting from the puskesmas to the Regional General Hospital (RSUD), are confirmed to be ready to handle patients with the monkeypox (monkeypox) case. "Everything is ready to handle cases of monkeypox and free," said Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office Ani Ruspitawati quoting Antara.

Ani said there were 31 hospitals belonging to the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government that were ready to treat and isolate monkeypox patients.

Meanwhile, early detection of monkeypox cases is carried out through health centers spread throughout Jakarta.

People who are required to undergo self-isolation, said Ani, are suspected people in cases of monkeypox, or people who have symptoms. If the condition of the person's house is not possible for isolation, it will be directed to the hospital provided by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"If there are symptoms, we propose isolation, if the house does not allow us to provide isolation, we will provide a hospital," he explained.Isolation of monkeypox patients in hospitals continues until the rash that appears on the skin of the person has dried up and is confirmed not to appear again. Usually, that period starts when they have been isolated for three weeks. In addition, Ani explained that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government continues to intensify contact tracing in order to break the chain of transmission of monkeypox cases. The DKI Health Office also continues to monitor groups at risk of infection. During tracing, the DKI Health Office explores the sexual close contact of people related to monkeypox patients for examination in the laboratory. If the results are positive, it will be immediately recommended for isolation in the hospital. "Then if it is not positive, we are still suspected of monitoring as long as he has not had any critical symptoms," said Ani. Regarding the monkeypox vaccine, the DKI Jakarta Health Office is still waiting for certainty regarding the addition of vaccines from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes). The monkeypox vaccine is not given to everyone, but only groups that are susceptible to monkeypox.

The latest data, the DKI Jakarta Health Office recorded as many as 28 positive cases of total monkeypox (Mpox) in the DKI Jakarta area based on daily data on November 3, 2023 at 19.00 WIB, all of them were male with mild symptoms. Then, as many as eight people with suspected or suspected symptoms of monkeypox. "A positive case of 27 people active, one case has recovered, the PCR positive level is 29 percent," said Head of the Surveillance and Immunization Section of the DKI Jakarta Health Office Ngabila Salama. Ngabila said that the total recipients of the monkeypox vaccine have now been completed from the target of 495 people.