Surabaya Health Facilities Anticipate The Spread Of Acute Hepatitis

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SURABAYA - All health service facilities and health centers in the city of Surabaya, East Java, anticipate the spread of acute hepatitis in children which has attacked children in Europe, America and Asia since April 15, 2022.

"There are no suspects in Surabaya yet, but we ask the public to remain vigilant, not to panic because service standards have been prepared," said Deputy Mayor of Surabaya Armuji in Surabaya, as reported by Antara, Saturday, May 7.

According to him, the Surabaya Health Service has prepared health service facilities (Fasyankes), both in two regional public hospitals (RSUD) belonging to the Surabaya City Government and 63 Puskesmas in Surabaya to anticipate the spread of acute hepatitis.

Through the Puskesmas, he continued, public awareness has been socialized and increased on a clean and healthy lifestyle. In addition, the strengthening of surveillance by health workers and all cadres in the community will always be updated.

Armuji said that based on data from the East Java Early Alert and Response System (SKDR), in the first to 17th week of 2022 (as of May 4, 2022), 114 suspected cases or symptoms of acute jaundice or acute hepatitis were found in 18 districts. /city in East Java.

"Hopefully this acute hepatitis will not spread in Surabaya," said Armuji.

Head of the Surabaya City Health Office (Dinkes) Nanik Sukristina previously said on April 28, 2022, his party issued a Circular (SE) asking every health service facility to increase efforts and be prepared to be aware of potential cases.

The circular letter follows up on the Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number HK 02/C/2515/2022 dated 27 April 2022 concerning Precautions for the discovery of cases of acute hepatitis whose etiology or cause is unknown.

Nanik said a number of efforts to increase early awareness for each health service facility were maximized. For each hospital, the Surabaya Health Office requested that all cases of acute jaundice syndrome have no clear cause and be handled according to standard operating procedures and laboratory tests.

"In addition, conducting a Hospital Record Review (HRR) for acute hepatitis with no known cause and reporting immediately if there are potential case findings according to the indications of the case," said Nanik.