Governor Ganjar Hopes Assistance For COVID-19 Patients Who Are In Self-Isolation To Be Expanded

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JAKARAT - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo hopes that mentoring programs for COVID-19 patients undergoing self-isolation will be further expanded and disseminated.

"This is actually what I've been waiting for, the ideas with 'tele counseling' and 'tele medicine' must be gassed again. I have conveyed this to several campuses and indeed not all of them can be done because there are differences in ideas and ideas," he said at Semarang, reported by Antara, Saturday, August 21.

This was conveyed by Ganjar when giving a speech at the online webinar "The Role of Universities in the COVID-19 Pandemic through Unissula Virtual Home Care (UVHC) Services".

The number one person in Central Java, said that "tele medicine" as in the UVHC Program is in accordance with the hospital program without walls that was initiated by him.

The hospital program without walls in question is the use of technology so that people do not have to come to the hospital and can solve their own problems with the help or guidance of a doctor.

"So everyone doesn't have to flock to the hospital. I think this step from friends from the UVHC Team is a good start and should be encouraged, hopefully this program can help people to help themselves from home, of course guided by experts," he said.

Ganjar said that so far many have made telemedicine programs or applications, but their use has not been very successful because not many people know about it.

"There are still hundreds if not thousands of patients that we have to monitor. This means that this can be 'launched', opened, and distributed every day so that many are known. Many have made applications but have not been successful in using them because not many know them. It must be managed properly I think Unissula is doing well, it's a good step and we will be very happy," he said.

Ganjar also welcomed the UVHC Team's move to cooperate with the Central Java Provincial Government and requested that they immediately communicate with the Central Java Health Office, especially regarding data on self-isolated patients who require monitoring and guidance from health workers.