Good News, Central Kalimantan Police To Rent Hotel In Palangka Raya For COVID-19 Emergency Hospital

Central Kalimantan Deputy Chief of Police Brigadier General Ida Oetari Purnamasari inspected the supporting facilities of a hotel in Palangka Raya City to be used as a COVID-19 Emergency Hospital. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Kalimantan Regional Police (Polda Kalteng) plans to rent a hotel in Palangka Raya City to serve as an emergency hospital for handling COVID-19.

Deputy Chief of the Central Kalimantan Regional Police Brigadier General Ida Oetari Purnamasari and her entourage on Thursday reviewed a hotel on Galaxi street, Palangka Raya City, which was used as an option to rent and serve as an emergency hospital for handling COVID-19.

"The hotel is planned to be used as a COVID-19 Emergency Hospital with the aim of anticipating a surge in COVID-19 patients at Bhayangkara Palangka Raya Hospital, because the isolation room for treating COVID-19 patients is almost full," said Ida.

Ida assessed that the hotel in Palangka Raya which will be rented by the police has good facilities and is located quite far from residential areas so it is suitable as a place for isolation of COVID-19 patients.

"Hopefully the hotel which will later function as a treatment for COVID-19 patients is really comfortable so that those who are undergoing treatment will also recover quickly," said Ida, who carried out the review accompanied by the Head of Bhayangkara Hospital Police Commissioner Dr. Anton Sudarto. He said that the plan was for the patient to stay at home. Emergency hospitals handling COVID-19 will be handled by health workers and doctors from Bhayangkara Hospital, who are trained and experienced in treating COVID-19 patients.

"Hopefully the Bhayangkara Hospital's efforts to anticipate the surge in COVID-19 patients being treated at Bhayangkara Hospital can go well. Then we hope that what we are worried about in conditions like this will not happen," he said.