Tompi Criticizes COVID-19 Detector Task Force Danny Pomanto: Please, Makassar Gentlemen, Please Review

Makassar Mayor Danny Pomanto when visited by the COVID-19 Detector Task Force (Private Instagram)

MAKASSAR - dr. Teuku Adifitrian, Sp.BP-RE or known as Tompi mentioned the COVID-19 Detector Task Force program in Makassar, South Sulawesi. Doctor Tompi asked the COVID-19 Detector Task Force to be reviewed.

“The MAKASAR covid detector program seems to need to be reviewed. Good intentions need to be carried out in the right way and follow the right medical rules. Please, gentlemen in Makassar…," said Tompi via his Twitter account @dr_tompi, Monday, July 12.

The Makassar City Government has indeed dispatched a COVID-19 Detector Task Force (Satgas) team simultaneously in all Neighborhood Units (RT) to ensure each zone and the status of its citizens through tracing, testing, and treatment. The task force began to be deployed Saturday 10 July.

"Tomorrow (today), all detector teams will go down to detect residents, this is a humanitarian call. Prepare carefully for all the needs in the field and make sure they understand each other's duties and functions," said Makassar Mayor Moh Ramdhan Pomanto during a virtual meeting to prepare for simultaneous detection, as quoted by Antara, Friday, July 9th.

The detector team that went to the community, he said, was expected to be able to quickly detect residents suspected of being exposed to COVID-19 so as not to spread it to others.

Therefore, clinical trials must be carried out by a team of detectors in the field such as saturation, checking blood pressure, and body temperature. If there are residents whose body temperature is above 37 degrees, then further examination will be carried out.

"15,306 Detector personnel have been prepared to visit residents from house to house in all RTs throughout Makassar City. The goal is to be able to directly monitor the condition of residents to determine their status," he said.

He explained that there are five thousand RTs in Makassar, and each detector team is assigned two task forces accompanied by health workers to be able to carry out testing on residents to determine whether their status is positive or negative.

The MAKASAR covid detector program, it seems, needs to be reviewed. Good intentions need to be carried out in the right way and follow the right medical rules. Please gentlemen in Makassar...

— dr tompi spBP (@dr_tompi) July 12, 2021

Recently, there has been a lot of activity on social media about the COVID-19 detector team. Many questioned the standard operating procedures of the task force.

Danny Pomanto answered it. Through Instagram dpramdhanpomanto, he uploaded the SOP for the COVID-19 Detector Task Force.

“This is a task guide for the Makassar Recover Detector task force that has been conveyed to the entire team. We realized that there were still shortcomings on the first day of the deployment of the detector task force. This is an evaluation for all of us. Hopefully, the implementation on day 2 will get better,” said Danny Pomanto, Saturday, July 10.