Oxygen Supply In Solo Is Running Low, Health Office: We Ask That The Supply Can Be Smooth

Head of the Solo City Health Office Siti Wahyuningsih/Antara

JAKARTA - The Solo City Health Service stated that the current handling of COVID-19 patients is still constrained by the lack of oxygen supply.

"The point is we sincerely ask the authorities so that the oxygen supply can be smooth. Yes, this (obstacle) is influenced by many factors and actually, the government has coordinated it. There are also many obstacles, but don't let there be a shortage", said the Head of the Solo City Health Office, Siti Wahyuningsih in Solo, as reported by Antara, Monday, July 5.

Regarding the need for oxygen, her party also appealed to the public to start reducing the purchase of oxygen so that its use can be by priority.

"There are also many (oxygen) needs, especially since Solo is a referral hospital. People who 'don't' really need it, please don't, especially when the game will be sold more expensively, don't. This is an emergency, we have to save lives, which one should we do? first", she said.

She said the use of oxygen by people with COVID-19 is also not the only effective treatment, and tits use must still be by medical indications

"Are sick people given enough oxygen? Oxygen is also medical therapy, yes. Its use must still be according to medical indications, must be supervised by health workers", she said.

Meanwhile, she admitted, this oxygen supply constraint is enough to make the hospital staff nervous, especially those who are referrals for COVID-19 patients.

"Alhamdulillah, now it's still fulfilled, but it's also stressful. Especially in Solo, this is a referral hospital", she said.