ICU Occupancy Of The COVID-19 Handling Hospital In Batu City Is Full

Archive photos. Karsa Husada Hospital Batu City, which is a referral hospital for handling COVID-19 in the region. (ANTARA/Vicki Febrianto)

JAKARTA - The occupancy rate or Bed Occupancy Ratio (BOR) of the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the referral hospital for handling COVID-19 in Batu City, East Java, is reported to be still full. Batu City Ony Ardianto in Batu City, Monday said the number of ICU beds to treat patients confirmed positive for COVID-19 at the referral hospital is 12 units and all of them are fully occupied. "Today, the BOR of ICU beds has reached 100 percent or full," said Ony, who is also the spokesperson for the Batu City COVID-19 Task Force, as reported by Antara, Monday, August 9. Ony explained that the occupied isolation room for handling COVID-19 patients at the referral hospital in Batu City was currently occupied by around 91.27 percent or 115 patients out of a total of 126 available beds. In Batu City, there are four referral hospitals for handling COVID-19, namely Karsa Husada General Hospital, Bhayangkara Hospital, Baptist Hospital, and Dr E Hospital. tty Asharto. "Hospital service capacity is no longer able to accommodate patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 positive cases," he said.

In addition to the referral hospital for handling COVID-19, the Batu City Government has also prepared a shelter or centralized isolation house for COVID-19 positive confirmation patients. Of the total 156 available beds, 74 patients were occupied. The isolation shelter is used for COVID-19 positive confirmation patients with mild to moderate symptoms. 19," he said. Batu City is currently implementing the Enforcement of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in an effort to suppress the spread of the virus that first broke out in Wuhan, China. To date, overall in the region, there are 2,598 positive confirmed cases COVID-19. Of the total, 2,051 people were reported to have recovered, 208 people were declared dead and the rest were under treatment.