Wika Gedung Build Special Hospital For COVID-19 In Jakarta

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JAKARTA - The corona virus or COVID-19 in Indonesia is increasingly spreading. In fact, the number of positive cases continues to increase. For this reason, Pertamina Jaya Hospital appointed PT Wijaya Karya Bangunan Gedung Tbk (Wika Gedung) to prepare and build a special hospital to handle COVID-19 patients.

For phase I, Wika Gedung will carry out a renovation project and change the function of RSPJ Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta to become a special hospital for COVID. Phase II built a field hospital using a modular 90 bed capacity.

Meanwhile, the modular hospital is located in the courtyard of the Patra Jasa Hotel, Jalan Ahmad Yani, Central Jakarta. Later, this hospital will be designated as a place of observation with standards such as the special quarantine for COVID-19 on Galang Island, Batam.

Director of Operations I Wika Gedung Rudy Hartono explained, the construction of phase I for the renovation and function transfer of this RSPJ, his party is working on works ranging from architecture, MEP installation and finishing. Meanwhile, in phase II of the construction of the field hospital, Wika Gedung worked on starting from the foundation structure, architecture, construction, MEP and finishing.

"In the process of renovating and changing the function of this RSPJ, we received a special request to make 70 rooms (rooms) for 70 beds, with details of 20 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) rooms, 5 Intalasi Emergency Room (IGD) rooms and 45 other rooms for space. isolation, "he said, in a written statement received by VOI, in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 24.

Rudy explained, this hospital not only has specially designed isolation rooms, but all of them use a negative pressure room and separate from other patients to control the spread of disease or infection.

In general, said Rudy, the corridor must have air pressure plus 2, then enter the anteroom or between rooms with air pressure plus 1, the isolation room itself has an air pressure of minus 1 so that all air pressure starting from the corridor enters the isolation room.

"The toilet room in the isolation room has an air pressure of minus 2, so that everything can be controlled and treated with special treatment. So that the air that comes out of the RSPJ has become clean. Not only air, but also the water waste is treated with special treatment so that it is safe when thrown out of the hospital, "he said.

According to Rudy, for room specifications, Wika Gedung uses sandwich panels for each ceiling and wall, vinyl floors that are anti-bacterial and resistant to disinfectant chemicals. The renovation work and function change of this RSPJ began on March 16 and is planned to be completed on March 31.

Previously, as one of the contributions in accelerating the service for COVID-19 patients in Indonesia, Wika Gedung is also building a quarantine facility belonging to the Ministry of PUPR on Galang Island Batam using modular technology.

A total of 372 modular units were dispatched to the location by ship at Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, Friday, March 13 and via Hercules aircraft departing from Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Base, Jakarta, Thursday 12 March.

This quarantine place is planned to accommodate more than 360 patients, equipped with approximately 360 beds. Meanwhile, the target is to be completed on March 28.

In the same location, Wika Gedung also received work to renovate the old ward building of the former Vietnamese refugee camp which was used from 1979 to 1996. Later, this health facility will be used as a residence for doctors, nurses, and public facilities such as kitchens and laundry.