Field Hospital For COVID-19 Patients In Malang Almost Completed, There Is A Smart TV And A Sports Area
MALANG - Malang City Government, East Java Province, stated that the readiness of the field hospital which will be used to handle positive confirmation patients for COVID-19 is almost complete. Malang Mayor Sutiaji said the existence of a field hospital handling COVID-19 is very much needed, especially to handle positive confirmation patients who have mild symptoms, so that there is no spread in the family environment. "Next week it may be operational, now it is just general cleaning, I see it is 98 percent complete," said Sutiaji, quoted by Antara, Monday, December 14.
The Malang City Government, according to him, strives for patients to be confirmed positive for COVID-19 with mild or no symptoms, not to self-isolate at home, so as not to have the potential to spread the corona virus.
In the field hospital, which is prepared in the Idjen Boulevard area, it will be equipped with various kinds of facilities which are expected to increase the body's immunity. Some of these facilities are that each room will be equipped with a smart TV, and an area for sports. Hopefully, with these facilities, it can improve the mental health of the patients, including increasing the patient's immunity. "It is not good here, but at least you can enjoy it. Hopefully this facility can increase the immunity of friends who are treated," Sutiaji said. It is hoped that the field hospital, which will have a capacity of 306 beds, can operate next week and can be used to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Director of the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Saiful Anwar dr Kohar Hari Santoso adding the capacity of the field hospital will be prepared in stages, in accordance with the development of the addition of COVID-19 cases, especially in the Greater Malang area. "Operational development will see progress, currently readiness is 98 percent, we just need to clean it. We hope it will not be completed for one week. , "said Kohar.Kohar added, his party had prepared health workers to serve on the field hospital. These health workers include a general practitioner and a specialist who has a special duty at the field hospital. "We have recruited health workers and they have undergone a swab test, and we provide training. It's ready," said Kohar. -19 in Malang City was previously planned to operate at the end of October 2020. However, due to the decline in COVID-19 cases, the operation of the field hospital was postponed. The field hospital for handling COVID-19 was prepared at the Poltekes field located in the Idjen Boulevard area, Klojen District, Malang City. The hospital aims to reduce the risk of transmission to the family environment. The field hospital for handling COVID-19 will later be used as an alternative referral for patients with positive confirmation of COVID-19 who have mild or no symptoms, when the capacity of the quarantine house and the Malang City Hospital is full. .
To date, as a whole in Malang City there are 2,745 positive confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of the total, 2,287 people were reported to have recovered, 264 people were declared dead, and the rest were in treatment.