Combining Several Applications To Help Self-isolation During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) will combine several community support applications that carry out self-isolation (self-quarantine) on one platform.

Some of these applications are Gojek, Grab, Halodoc, Alodokter, and Sobat Dokter. Gojek and Grab are applications for transportation services, food and goods delivery, to bill payment instruments.

Meanwhile, Halodoc, Alodokter, and Sobat Dokter are health consultation service applications with doctors via chat that allow users to ask directly and ask for prescriptions to doctors.

"This cooperation is to support patients who want to stay at home. They will have doctors from these startup applications who monitor their (health)," said Special Staff to the Minister of BUMN Arya Sinulingga at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Tuesday. , March 24th.

The platform will be launched this week. Arya said, this platform serves to help people who are positive, in monitoring, and under supervision can isolate themselves at home without worry.

With so many people who can self-isolate at home, it will maximize the role of medical personnel who treat patients who should be cared for.

"By unifying all the existing platforms, when someone wants to self-isolate at home, there will be a doctor who will help them. Later they will be registered and served one by one," he said.

Furthermore, Arya also offers doctors who are willing to volunteer to join this platform. They can register with Halodoc, Alodokter, and Sobat Dokter.

"You just register there as a volunteer to be able to serve patients. So, doctors will not be able to pile up in one hospital. We will spread this, not only in Jabodetabek but throughout Indonesia," he added.

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- BNPB Indonesia (@BNPB_Indonesia) March 24, 2020