Finally, Patient Zero COVID-19, Health Workers at the Bangkalan Emergency Hospital Can Now Relax

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JAKARTA - Good news came from the Bangkalan Emergency Hospital (RSDLB), East Java. The last six COVID-19 patients who were there, have been allowed to go home.

The general doctor on duty at Bangkalan Emergency Hospital, Dr. Yussika Fernanda, said that the return of the last patient made this hospital zero coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.

"Alhamdulillah, both Indonesian migrant worker patients and the general public, as well as independent, are all handled well", said Yussika, Friday, October 1.

This hospital was established in June 2021. The Bangkalan Emergency Hospital which also functions as an isolation house for patients with COVID-19 asymptomatic status (OTG) has been recorded to have treated 788 people.

"The condition of the BOR (beds occupancy rate) in Bangkalan Emergency Hospital per day is touching zero percent, which means that no patients are being treated. Praise and gratitude to see the current condition. Hopefully, this momentum will be a bright spot for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia", said Dr. Yussika quoted from Antara.

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According to her, this condition provides an opportunity for all Bangkalan Emergency Hospital personnel to relax, take a break and prepare to "refresh" again. In addition, improvements are made to all facilities and infrastructure to support patient care and services.

"We hope that no more patients will enter and the pandemic will end soon so that all processes of community and national life will return to normal", said the doctor who is familiarly called Sika.

Furthermore, he advised the public not to slack off during this relaxation period to continue to carry out the COVID-19 prevention health protocol.

"Regarding the possibility of the emergence or even re-emergence of COVID-19 cases, it is really not expected by all. However, considering that COVID-19 is also a creature that has the right to carry on its life, the potential and possibility of continuing and its development certainly needs to be anticipated", she said.

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