One Of The Strategies Of Minister Of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin To Handle COVID-19: Increasing The Capacity Of Health Laboratories

Indonesian Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin (Photo: Martha Herlinawati Simanjuntak/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin said increasing the capacity of health laboratories would strengthen efforts to deal with COVID-19. Nuclear 2021 with the theme Improving the Effectiveness of Nuclear Supervision in the Pandemic Era monitored in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Wednesday, August 4. Minister of Health Budi said increasing laboratory capacity includes support for infrastructure, competent human resources (HR) and technology. He said the policy for handling COVID -19 in the case of health care facilities, it is carried out through increasing the capacity of isolation rooms, health laboratories, health protocols and adaptation of new habits in hospitals as well as the management of COVID-19 therapy in health care facilities. positive cases of COVID-19 were found so that the spread could be predicted and controlled.

Minister of Health Budi said support for health infrastructure can also be done through partnerships and currently various collaborative efforts have been made between policy makers, political leaders, researchers, business academics, communities and philanthropists. strengthen our efforts in handling the COVID-19 pandemic," said Minister of Health Budi. The Ministry of Health stated that the Indonesian government only recognized the PCR test results from 742 affiliated laboratories as a condition for travel or flights. Minister of Health Budi said the policy was carried out to ensure the safety of every passenger while traveling. and reduce the spread of the corona virus that causes COVID-19.