Grief Story From Belitung, A Health Center Doctor Dies Due To Exposure To COVID-19 From His Patient

The release of the body of Dr. Joko Ferdianto (51), Tuesday (13/7/2021), one of the first medical personnel in Belitung Regency, Babel Province, who died due to COVID-19. (PHOTO ANTARA/Kasmono)

JAKARTA - A doctor in Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, dr. Joko Ferdianto (51) died at the Marsidi Judono Hospital in Belitung due to exposure to the COVID-19 virus and became the first health worker in the area to die during the pandemic. "The patient died at 02:34 WIB due to COVID-19 after the team died. medical personnel are trying to help," said Director of the Marsidi Judono Belitung Hospital, dr. Hendra, Sp.An in Tanjung Pandan, reported by Antara, Tuesday, July 13. According to him, Dr. Joko Ferdianto was the first medical worker in the area who died after battling COVID-19. He said the patient came to the Marsidi Judono Hospital on Tuesday, 13 July, early in the morning at 02.12 WIB in critical condition such as pulse is not palpable and blood pressure or blood pressure is not measured. From the history of the disease, it is known that the patient has symptoms that point to COVID-19, one of the most prominent is diarrhea. "The family conveyed the patient It has indeed been swab tested with positive results for COVID-19," he said.

He explained that previously the patient had undergone self-isolation at home for five days but his condition continued to deteriorate. "Then the patient came to Marsidi Judono Belitung Hospital and we immediately carried out cardiopulmonary resuscitation but to no avail, he was declared dead at 02:34 WIB," he said. He said that Dr. Joko Ferdianto worked daily at the Perawas Village Health Center and was suspected of being exposed to COVID-19 from a number of patients he treated. "The health center in question also carries out COVID-19 vaccinations and searches for COVID-19 patients. where the contact is because there are quite a lot of patients being treated, so it is stated that Dr. Joko Ferdianto is a COVID-19 fighter," said Hendra.