Thin, Solo Health Office Asks Hospital To Add Beds For COVID-19 Patients

Head of Surakarta City Health Office Siti Wahyuningsih/ Antara

JAKARTA - The Solo City Health Office asked hospital managers in their working areas to increase the number of beds for COVID-19 patients. This is to deal with the possibility of an increase in corona cases.

"On May 25, I issued a letter asking the hospital to increase its bed capacity," said Head of the Surakarta City Health Office Siti Wahyuningsih in Solo, as reported by Antara, Monday, .

According to him, the bed occupancy rate in hospitals in the city of Solo is already 73 percent and the beds for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are mostly filled.

"Overall, the total capacity for the ICU is 127 but 123 rooms have been filled," he said.

"Patients being treated in the ICU are currently mostly from out of town," he added.

He said that more than half of the 636 patient isolation rooms had also been filled.

Siti asked residents to be disciplined in carrying out health protocols to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 and be aware of the spread of new variants of the corona virus.

"We still have to understand, there are Kudus types (Delta and Kappa virus variants) in Soloraya. The point is to be vigilant, how to fortify and be proactive. In order to reactivate the COVID-19 task force, Jogo Tonggo also needs to be reactivated," he said.