Results Of Back And Forth Interviews We Find Facts About The Late Handling Of Two Corona Patients

RSPI Sulianti Saroso isolation room (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - We still have many questions about the findings of the corona virus alias COVID-19 in Indonesia. The question of how the virus was identified, especially. Monday, March 2, Minister of Health (Menkes) Terawan Agus Putranto announced these findings. In the announcement, Terawan also explained the chronology of the transmission of COVID-19.

The announcement was made by Terawan after monitoring the conditions of two COVID-19 patients in the isolation room of the Sulianti Saroso Central Hospital for Infection (RSPI), Jakarta. Terawan explained that the two people were a 61-year-old mother and her 31-year-old child. Both of them live in Depok. The first infection occurred in the child who was dancing with a Japanese citizen on February 14.

After the dance on Valentine's Eve, he had a prolonged cough and finally tested positive for COVID-19 on February 28. We are aware that there are important things that we need to clarify to the authorities when rereading the transcripts of the recorded transcripts of Terawan's announcements sent by VOI reporters in the field. Regarding how the medical staff of Mitra Keluarga Hospital, Depok, identified the corona virus in the bodies of two patients.

"On the 26th, he just asked to be treated, his cough didn't go away, and had a shortness of breath. He had a little fever. Then he was treated. He was treated on the 28th, and he got a phone call from his dance friend, his close friend, that he was a Japanese citizen. He was treated in Malaysia with a positive corona. Then, he told the nurse, but there he was being treated under surveillance, he was a patient under monitoring. So that the doctor friends at the hospital had prepared themselves with their equipment so they were considered a patient under monitoring. , "

Terawan Agus Putranto

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In Terawan's statement, it was clearly stated that the two patients were confirmed with COVID-19 after the medical officer conducted a re-examination at the request of the patient who was contacted by a Japanese citizen in Malaysia. In simple language, the hammer on positive COVID-19 against the two patients in Depok was only carried out after an incoming call from a Japanese citizen.

On the sidelines of another press conference on the same day, we tried to confirm this truth to the Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Anung Sugihantono. No meaningful explanation was obtained when we asked about the virus identification process carried out by Mitra Keluarga Hospital. Our questions are answered in passing.

What is clear, according to him, is that the authorities have carried out the handling according to the procedures that must be carried out. "You don't have to think about it anymore. It's just a coincidence of time. The one over there has already spoken, the one here has done the test and was transferred to RSPI Sulianti Saroso. So, it's over," said Anung at the Ministry of Health's Office, Jalan Rasuna Said, Monday afternoon, 2 March.

The opposite of Anung. Achmad Yurianto, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health, confirmed our allegations. In fact, Yuri - greeting Yurianto - admitted the authorities' delay in identifying the corona virus in the patient's body. "Indeed, if there is no telephone, we will find out more late. It's getting late," he said at the Ministry of Health's office on Tuesday, March 3.

RSPI Sulianti Saroso isolation room (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

There are several reasons according to Yuri to be an obstacle for the authority to identify. First, the patient is not aware that he is infected with the virus. He did not know that the Japanese citizen who danced with him had been exposed. Second, what many people also feel is that the symptoms of COVID-19 are basically similar to several other diseases.

Even so, Yuri refused to be called a neglect. According to him, after receiving information from a third party, Mitra Keluarga Hospital immediately took action to transfer the two patients to RSPI Sulianti Saroso. "But, when there was information, there was contact tracking, then the hospital that treated it immediately moved it," said Yuri.

And again, the emphasis is on the telephone. That if there was no telephone, perhaps the handling process would be even more serious. "If there was no telephone, maybe the hospital that treated it would not immediately move it," said Yuri.

"It is not easy in this case (to detect) because we cannot find specific symptoms due to COVID-19. Nothing is different. In fact, in the early phase, pneumonia due to other viruses has the same picture," he concluded.