RSUI Officially Opens Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Service

University of Indonesia Hospital (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The University of Indonesia Hospital (RSUI) officially opened the Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TB) service which is supported by complete facilities and infrastructure as well as health workers who are trained and competent in their fields to serve.

The President Director of RSUI, Dr. dr. Astuti Giantini, said that the RSUI TB RO service is expected to be one of the efforts to contribute to reducing TB RO cases and increasing healing and can facilitate access for TB RO patients in Depok City and its surroundings.

"The RSUI TB RO service already has a complete pulmonary specialist, a team of nurses, nutritionists, and a competent pharmacy team so that they are ready to serve TB RO in an integrated manner," he said in an electronic message, Antara, Thursday, March 24.

In addition, supporting facilities such as rapid molecular tests (TCM) and radiology with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system are also expected to be able to make RSUI a hospital capable of serving RO TB patients in the city of Depok and its surroundings.

He said that in 2020, based on global TB data, the incidence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (RO TB) in Indonesia was 24 thousand cases or there were 8.8 cases per 100 thousand population, while data from the West Java Provincial Health Office, from January to June 2021 there will be 657 cases of TB RO.

Based on TB RO at the West Java Health Office, in 2021 there will be 87 cases of TB RO in Depok City, of these cases, only 53 patients were aware of starting TB RO treatment or around 61 percent.

One of these factors is caused by the lack of existing health facilities in the city of Depok. Health facilities that serve TB RO, based on 2021 data, there are only 9 health facilities.

RSUI continues to be committed to providing the best health services so that it can make it easier for the community to access complete and integrated health services.

For people who want to use BPJS Health, RSUI also serves referral patients with BPJS Health insurance. In this case, patient acceptance is in accordance with a tiered referral system based on the provisions of BPJS Health.