COVID-19 Hospital In DKI Is Full, 30 Percent Of Bodatabek Residents, Riza Patria: Shall We Refuse?

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Riza Patria (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The use of isolation beds and special care ICU for COVID-19 in DKI is running low, even exceeding the worry threshold set by WHO.

Many DKI residents are finally forced to carry out independent isolation in their respective homes due to the difficulty in obtaining a centralized isolation room facilitated by the government.

However, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that not all COVID-19 positive patients who were treated at 101 referral hospitals or isolated in a number of hotels facilitated were DKI residents.

"It turns out that approximately 30 percent of residents outside Jakarta such as Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (Bodetabek) are being treated or handled in Jakarta," said Riza at the City Hall, Monday, January 4 evening.

Riza views that there are certain factors why many Bodetabek residents carry out COVID-19 treatment in DKI. One of them is easier access for these residents to be treated in Jakarta.

"Maybe they have closer access to Jakarta. Really, there are people who want to be treated but we refuse? It's not allowed," said Riza.

For information, based on data held by the DKI Health Office, there has been an increase in the use of beds in 98 COVID-19 referral hospitals from the previous two weeks.

The capacity of the isolation bed touched a percentage of 87 percent with 6,385 isolation patients from 7,379 beds as of January 3, 2021. For the condition of the ICU room, now the capacity has reached 79 percent or is filled with 762 of 960 beds.

So, to increase the special treatment capacity for COVID-19, the Jakarta Provincial Government has succeeded in adding three public hospitals to be allocated as COVID-19 referral hospitals. Thus, the total number of COVID-19 referral hospitals in DKI is 101 hospitals.

"The additions are West Jakarta Ukrida Hospital, Antam Medika Hospital East Jakarta, and Harapan Jayakarta Hospital East Jakarta," said Riza.