Medical Workers Exposed To COVID-19 To Death, Task Force Closes Emergency Room At Bangkalan Hospital RSUD

Bangkalan Hospital (ANTARA)

BANGKALAN - The Bangkalan Regency Government's COVID-19 Task Force, Madura, East Java closed the Emergency Room Service (IGD) at Syarifah Ambami Rato Ebu Hospital.

The closure was carried out following the presence of medical personnel on duty at the hospital's Special Organizational Unit (UOBK) who were confirmed to have been exposed to COVID-19.

"It is true that the emergency department is temporarily closed, because there are medical personnel who are positive for COVID-19 and some have even died," said Director of the Bangkalan Hospital, Dr. Nununk Kritiani in Bangkalan, quoted by Antara, Sunday, June 6.

He explained that the hospital had been closed from 5 to 8 June 2021.

"The initial plan was like that. But this is situational in nature, and could be extended later if it is still a concern," said Nununk.

This temporary closure, he continued, is to protect other medical personnel from the spread of COVID-19, until the emergency room at the hospital is estimated to be completely sterile.

Previously, the Bangkalan Regency Government's COVID-19 Task Force released that after the Eid 1442 Hijri holiday, there were 48 people who were confirmed positive for COVID-19, and eight people died.

Of that number, some of them are medical personnel on duty in the ER Bangkalan Hospital, so the hospital finally decided to close it.

Meanwhile, based on data from the East Java Provincial Government's COVID-19 Task Force, Bangkalan is one of the districts with the highest number of COVID-19 sufferers on Madura Island.

The total number of Bangkalan residents who were positively exposed to COVID-19 until June 5, 2021 was 1,754 people, with details, 1,520 people have been declared cured, 178 others have died, with 56 active cases recorded.

The second largest is Sumenep Regency, namely 1,751 people, with 1,643 recovered patients and 108 patients who died, and zero active cases.