3 COVID 19 Patients Have Been Treated At Friendship Hospital, High Risky Groups Must Be Alert

President Director Of Friendship Hospital, Dr Agus Dwisusanto/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Central General Hospital (RSUP) of Friendship Rawamangun, Pulogadung District, East Jakarta, again received COVID-19 patients on December 14. However, the number is not much, only a few patients.

"In December, I had time to treat patients with COVID 19. However, the degrees are moderate, around 3 patients for this December. All (conditions) are stable and no conditions have worsened," said Director of Friendship Hospital, Dr Agus Dwisusanto to reporters, Thursday, December 14.

The lack of vigilance against the transmission of COVID-19 cases must be watched out for by the public, especially in high-risk groups.

"Because this high risk group has the potential for the worst of respiratory symptoms that can occur in these patients, if you get Covid it can become more severe," he said.

In old age, those who have comorbidities of basic diseases such as heart disease, lung disease and other diseases will worsen the condition of COVID-19.

"Alert must be increased to these high-risk groups," he said.

Even so, Friendship Hospital still has a special treatment room for infection diseases such as bird flu, SARS and COVID 19.

"There is a special room location, including the ICU room in it. We have been a COVID hospital for a long time. Our human resources have been trained to handle Covid and our SOPs are still the same, there are no changes. Only the difference is, the number of rooms for treatment is not as many as it used to be," he said.

For information, there was an increase in COVID-19 cases in DKI Jakarta as of December 2023. The Head of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and Immunization Section of the DKI Jakarta Health Service (Dinkes), dr. Ngabila Salama said it was proven that the data on the increase could be seen with a calculation period of 11-13 December 2023. Meanwhile, as of December 1-10, there were two deaths from COVID patients.

"There were 57 new positive cases of COVID-19 in DKI Jakarta as of December 11, December 12, there were 127 new cases, and December 13, there were 131 new cases. So that active cases were recorded as of December 13, 2023, reaching 365 cases," said Ngabila when confirmed.