Medan City Government Uses Pelni Ships As A Center For Isolation Of COVID-19 Patients

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution (ANTARA)

MEDAN - The City Government (Pemko) of Medan, North Sumatra, will add one more facility for centralized isolation (isoter) for COVID-19 patients, namely on a ship owned by PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni).

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution said that the plan to build a centralized isolation area on the ship owned by PT Pelni was currently underway.

Bobby said that his party had written to PT Pelni for the delivery of the ship. The plan is that the ship will dock for a long period of time at Belawan Port.

"We have written a letter and hopefully this week the ship will depart from Jakarta," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, August 10.

Bobby Nasution said the ship owned by PT Pelni, which will be used as a place to isolate COVID-19 patients, has a capacity of approximately 400 beds.

He hopes that the ship owned by PT Pelni, which is an aid from the central government, can be a solution to the limited beds for COVID-19 patients at hospitals in Medan City.

"The capacity is approximately 400 beds," he said.

Centralized isolation places in the city of Medan which are currently in operation are the former Soechi Hotel, the Center for the Development and Empowerment of Educators and Education Personnel (P4TK) Medan and the Hajj Dormitory.