Banten Provincial Government Prepares 400 Bed Units In Shelters, Uses Family Planning Approach To Suppress COVID-19

Banten Governor Wahidin Halim attends a virtual coordination meeting for handling COVID-19 (Photo: ANTARA)

BANTEN - The Banten Provincial Government will immediately add a halfway house for COVID-19 patients to overcome the depletion of the number of available beds in hospitals for COVID-19 patients.

Banten Governor Wahidin Halim said the current occupancy rate reached 91 percent. The bed capacity in the shelter is estimated at 400 units.

"We are now concentrating on upstream. We are working with various community groups to hold socialization to prevent panic in the community," said Wahidin Halim at a teleconference of the COVID-19 Handling Meeting in Banten Province with Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Antara, Wednesday, July 14. .

Along with this effort, the provincial government has also massively disseminated health protocols to the public. Wahidin added that restrictions on the mobility of residents during the emergency PPKM continued.

The Banten Provincial Government will use the Family Planning Program (KB) model approach to suppress COVID cases. "There are officers in the field, there is a command post, involving community leaders, as well as religious leaders," said Wahidin.

For the vaccine, Wahidin admitted that the amount sent to Banten Province was still limited. "To increase vaccination coverage, officers will pick up the ball," he said.

Data from the Banten Health Office as of July 13, 2021, at 13.00 WIB, the ICU room (BOR) is occupied by 92.72 percent. In detail, the number of beds is 426 units, of which 396 are used and 31 units are still available.

Meanwhile, the BOR for the isolation bed is filled with 90.99 percent. Namely, the capacity of 4218 beds, 3838 have been used and 380 units are still available. Furthermore, the BOR of halfway houses is 89.29 percent or has a capacity of 906 units. 744 units are used and 162 units are available.

The Banten governor also hopes that the Ministry of Health will immediately send vaccines, medicines, and materials for testing, which are currently limited in availability.

The virtual coordination meeting for handling COVID-19 was also attended by Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian, Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono, Head of BNPB Ganip Warsito, Forkopimda of Banten Province, Regents and Mayors of Banten Province, and Forkopimda of Regencies and Cities throughout the Province. Banten.