East Jakarta City Government Assets Empty Building Will Be Used For COVID-19 Patient Isolation Room

Daily Executor (Plh) Head of Sub Division (Kasuban) for Asset Management of East Jakarta City Government Didiek Budi. (Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI)

JAKARTA - The emptying of the building by Civil Service Police Unit officers on Dewi Sartika Street No. 188, Cawang Village, Kramat Jati District, East Jakarta, will soon be converted into a place for isolation of positive COVID-19 patients.

The Daily Executor of the Head of the East Jakarta City Government Asset Management Agency, Didiek Budi, stated that his party had several times made isolation places for COVID-19 positive patients in several areas. However, in Kramat Jati District, only one building will be used as a place for the isolation of COVID-19 patients.

"In East Jakarta, there are several assets of the City Government, this is the umpteenth time and the number is large. But for the Kramat Jati area, this is the first time", Didiek told VOI reporters, Wednesday, August 4.

Didiek further emphasized that the emptying of the building had to be carried out because the need for an isolation place for COVID-19 patients in East Jakarta was still lacking.

"So today we are emptying it because the DKI Provincial Government needs a place for isolation. We are emptying it so that we can provide services to the community", he added.

Meanwhile, regarding the implementation of the construction of facilities for the isolation room for COVID-19 patients, Didiek admitted that he could not confirm it. The reason, it is waiting for a decision from the hospital.

"It's time for us to discuss first with the hospital because the operations are there. Because we are the asset agency, we only provide the facilities, the place. Regarding the operations of COVID-19 patients, the preparations will be from the hospital", said Didiek.

East Jakarta Head of Civil Service Police Unit, Budi Novian, added that the evacuation of the building carried out by his party mobilized 55 joint personnel.

"5 members of the TNI, 10 members of the National Police, 20 Civil Service Police Unit, 5 Transportation Agency officers, and 15 PPSU (Public Facilities and Infrastructure Handling Workers). Employment is conducive, we are persuasive," added Budi.