Ministry Of Health Quick Action Appoints Sulianti Saroso Hospital To Be A Mysterious Hepatitis Referral Hospital

Gastrohepatology Consultant Pediatrician Hanifah Oswari in a virtual press conference attended by YouTube in Jakarta. (photo: doc. between)

JAKARTA – The Indonesian government immediately prepares to face the possibility of a new pandemic. The Indonesian Ministry of Health immediately made the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital (RSPI) Jakarta a referral service facility for patients with mysterious hepatitis symptoms.

"The government has appointed the Sulianti Saroso Hospital and the Faculty of Health Laboratory, University of Indonesia (FKUI) to be the reference for the examination of acute hepatitis specimens because there are many things that need to be investigated," said the representative of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI), Hanifah Oswari, in a virtual press conference attended by from YouTube in Jakarta, Thursday, May 5.

Hanifah said that acute hepatitis with severe symptoms is still under investigation by various experts and medical organizations in the world, including Indonesia.

According to Hanifah, the initial management to prevent worsening of symptoms in patients has been prepared by IDAI to be applied at every level of health care facilities.

For medical personnel, detailed patient handling protocols have been prepared and have been submitted to all professional organizations and hospital management.

The services at the Sulianti Saroso Hospital and the FKUI Laboratory are expected to reveal the causes of the virus as well as public questions regarding the number of children affected by severe acute hepatitis in a number of countries, said the gastrohepatology consultant pediatrician.

The pediatrician at Mitra Keluarga Kelapa Gading Hospital, Jakarta, said the local government is also preparing referral health care facilities for patients with complaints of hepatitis.

Complaints that are often experienced by patients with severe acute hepatitis include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), pale stools (58 percent of cases), fever (29 percent of cases), elevated liver enzymes up to 500 u/L.

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ama, President Director of RSPI Sulianti Saroso Jakarta Mohammad Syahril said that the first treatment for symptomatic patients could be access to the Puskesmas or hospital.

"If they are referred to a hospital, they usually have more severe symptoms, such as yellowness in the eyes or the whole body and high laboratory signs. Do not let the patient be taken to the hospital in a condition that Sudan is unconscious," he said, as quoted by Antara. .

Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, added that all cases related to patients with yellow symptoms (yellow syndrome) will involve a laboratory team to examine genome sequencing so that it is certain that they are infected with Hepatitis A, B, D, E or are negative.

"We are also strengthening the referral hospital facilities for handling acute hepatitis with severe symptoms at the Sulianti Saroso Hospital, including making a diagnosis based on the results of laboratory reports," he said.