Wisma Athletes Uses Tower 7 To Anticipate Spike In COVID-19 Cases

JAKARTA - The Covid-19 Special Emergency Hospital (RSDC) Wisma Atlet Kemayoran is again using Tower 7 to anticipate a surge in patients, especially after the transmission of the new variant of Omicron.

"Thus there are three towers that are used to inpatient Covid-19 patients at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, namely Tower 5, Tower 6, and Tower 7, with a total of 5,939 beds," said the Public Relations Coordinator of the Kemayoran Athlete Hospital's Public Relations Coordinator, Colonel Kes dr Mintoro Sumego. quoted by Antara, Monday, January 17th.

"So, if the patient is 2,535, the BOR (bed occupancy rate) is 43 percent," said Mintoro.

He further explained that before the addition of towers and sleeping mats, the BOR of the RSDC Wisma Atlet Kemayoran reached 62 percent. Despite being alerted, Tower 7 is currently empty.

"If the condition (BOR) is 67 percent, we will use Tower 7. It's ready, just fill it up," said Mintoro.

Not only that, he continued to convey that the Coordinator of the Kemayoran Athlete Hospital RSDC Major General dr Budiman would also alert Tower 4 if there was a spike in cases.

“That totals 7,895 beds. We can condition it to 8,000, but hopefully it won't be achieved," said the Public Relations Coordinator of the Wisma Atlet.

Therefore, he advised the public to continue to apply health protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining distance, and diligently washing hands in daily activities.

The reason, according to Mintoro, is that the community is part of the front line in dealing with Covid-19, including the spread of the new variant of Omicron.

“The trend is from late December to early January to increase once. At the beginning of last December, 113 patients were now in their 2000s. This is increasing the number of patients, but we are always ready to face the possibilities,” explained Mintoro.

As of today, the number of inpatients at the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran Hospital is 2,535 people, bringing the total inpatients from March 23, 2020 to January 17, 2022, reaching 134,236 people.

For the Omicron variant, a total of 404 people have been infected so far. Of that number, 357 patients have been declared cured and allowed to go home, while the remaining 47 are still being treated at the Wisma Atlet Hospital.

Of the 47 Omicron patients, 14 of them fall into the category of transmission or local transmission.