Warganet Uploads Video Of Ambulance Queuing At The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital Kemayoran

JAKARTA - The video of a number of ambulances lined up for a long time in front of the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital, Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, has been uploaded by citizens. In addition to showing ambulances lined up, the six-second video shows a number of people wearing white personal protective equipment (PPE).

The uploader of this video on Twitter, namely @tyarooo, said he got this video from a friend who was being referred to the hospital.

"I sent this video by my friend who is referring to it," he said, reconfirming his upload, Tuesday, September 15.

I just got the latest video from a friend who was referring to the athletes' guesthouse and I can only say, "You're crazy, Indonesia!" pic.twitter.com/yyMwrA6v2g

- Ottiara F. Akbariah (@tyarooo) September 15, 2020

It's just that regarding the timing of the incident, he doesn't know any more details, but he confirmed it had just happened. "I don't know the exact hour, but the point is today," he said.

Previously, Minister of Health (Menkes) Terawan Agus Putranto guaranteed that DKI Jakarta was still able to treat COVID-19 patients. This assurance was obtained after the Minister of Health carried out unannounced inspections and checks directly into the field.

Currently, the number of beds available in isolation rooms for patients with moderate symptoms, emphasized that the ICU room is still a safe number. For the isolation room, from a total of 4,271 beds that are still vacant, there are currently 1,088. In order to maintain availability, the government plans to add another 1,022 beds. "So that the total becomes 5,293 beds," he said.

As for the ICU room for patients with severe symptoms, currently the number has reached 584 beds and of that number 115 are still unoccupied.

"In the next few days, 138 ICU beds can be added to a total of 722 beds," he explained.

Meanwhile, for patients with mild symptoms, the government has prepared an Emergency Hospital for Wisma Atlet Kemayoran. There are two towers that have been prepared, namely Tower 6 and Tower 7.

"Tower 6 has 1746 beds, 888 of which have been filled, while Tower 7 has 2,472 just filled with 749," he explained.

"For those without symptoms, the self-isolating flat of Wisma Atlet Kemayoran has prepared two towers, namely Tower 4 and 5 each with 2742 beds. These are not filled, while Tower 5 is already filled with 81," he added.

It is known, as of today the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19. Of the 42,636 specimens examined, the results were 3,507 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 225,030 people," the Ministry of Health was quoted as saying, Tuesday, September 15.

Today's cases increased by 2,660, so that a total of 161,065 people recovered. Then, the confirmed positive cases who died increased by 124 people and a total of 8,965 people.

The province with the most new cases was in DKI Jakarta with 1,076 new cases and a total of 56,175 cases. DKI Jakarta is also the province with the most accumulated cases in Indonesia.

Followed by East Java, which has 378 new cases with a total of 38,809 cases. West Java has 347 new cases and a total of 14,938 cases. North Sumatra has 249 new cases and a total of 8,808 cases. Then, Central Java has 198 new cases and a total of 18,111 cases.