Soaring Cases, Only One Bed For COVID-19 Patients At Wonosari Hospital

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GUNUNGKIDUL - One bed in the isolation ward of the COVID-19 referral hospital at the Wonosari Hospital, Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In Wonosari Hospital there are 44 beds provided.

"The latest condition is the availability of referral hospital beds at the Wonosari Hospital, only one bed for confirmed patients, and two beds for suspected patients," said Wonosari Hospital Director Heru Sulistyowati in Gunungkidul, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 17.

According to him, apart from providing 44 beds for COVID-19 patients, his party also provides one bed for maternity mothers and two beds for babies if the mother is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19.

Heru revealed, since the last two weeks, the ICU room at the Wonosari Hospital was always full, because many patients were exposed to the corona whose condition was critical. Based on report data from DIY, the same thing also happened in other hospitals.

According to Heru, so far, only COVID-19 patients with moderate, severe and critical symptoms have been treated at the hospital, while asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 patients are asked to self-isolate.

"Patients with confirmed COVID-19 who are treated in the ICU are in critical condition. If they are full, they are treated in the usual room, but we use tools such as the ICU," he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Gunung Kidul Health Service, Dewi Irawaty, said that today there were 144 additional cases, of which three people died. There are 34 recovered cases today. So that the total is currently 4,109 cases with details of recovering 3,073 cases, 852 cases are still being treated.

Dewi said the total number of beds in the COVID-19 referral hospital in Gunung Kidul was 93 beds, both public and private hospitals. Currently, the majority of those who have confirmed COVID-19 are self-isolating.

"We have asked referral hospitals to add beds for confirmed COVID-19 treatment, which is 30 percent to 20 percent of these health facilities," he said.