By: Ade Istianah )*
The number of inpatients at Wisma Atlet continues to decline. This good news is certainly something to be grateful for, but it does not necessarily become a reason for people to ignore the Health Protocol.
The number of COVID-19 patients, especially on the island of Java, has decreased, including the number of patients receiving treatment at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital (RSD), Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, which has again decreased. Currently, the number of patients being treated at the centralized isolation facility is 2,002 people. Initially the number of patients treated was 2,103 people.
Until now, Wisma Atlet has received 123,772 COVID-19 patients. Of the total number, 121,770 patients have been discharged. A total of 973 people were referred to other hospitals for intensive care. A total of 120,224 Wisma Atlet patients have been declared cured. Meanwhile, 573 patients died.
Meanwhile, the management of the Wisma Atlet Hospital has also vacated Tower 4 which is treating Covid patients. This is done for operational efficiency. Stefanus Dony as the Operations Coordinator of Wisma Atlet Hospital said, to make human resources efficient, Tower 4 which was previously filled was emptied to complement the existing tower. So 5, 6 and 7. So that the human resources they use are efficient. Stefanus admitted that the recovery rate of patients at the Wisma Atlet Hospital reached 96.73 percent.
In the past month, the bed occupancy rate (BOR) at Wisma Atlet has decreased in the past month. Currently, the BOR of the Wisma Atlet RSD is at 25.36%. The decline in BOR began at the beginning of this month.
As of today, there are 1,356 COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms who have entered the Wisma Atlet, 25 moderate symptom patients and 27 severe symptom patients. For patients who have comorbidities, there are 320 people, there are 249 patients without symptoms and there are 25 patients without comorbidities.
Meanwhile, Head of the Presidential Staff Office, Moeldoko, said that the decrease in BOR at Wisma Atlet was one of the positive impacts of Emergency PPKM until it changed its name to level 4. Moeldoko said what happened at the Wisma Atlet Hospital could be an example for other regions.
He mentioned that the BOR at Wisma Atlet had been at 90% on June 30. Moeldoko assessed that the decline in BOR had occurred very significantly until it was now at 25 percent.
President Joko Widodo is also grateful that conditions are starting to improve in the capital city. He also asked all parties to continue to work together to deal with the corona virus outbreak. President Joko Widodo also expressed his gratitude for the decrease in hospital occupancy rates or the Covid-19 referral BOR on the island of Java-Bali.
Based on data from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government as of August 1, 2021, BOR has decreased to 56% in 140 referral hospitals in the capital city. As a result, only 6,367 patients were occupied from a total capacity of 11,436 beds. ICU BOR also sloping to 79%. In fact, it had touched 90%. Data from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government shows that out of 1,654 beds, 1,295 patients are still occupied as of 1 August. Jokowi is relieved by the decline in the number of Covid-19. However, he still asked the public to obey the health protocols.
Meanwhile, good news also came from Kudus Regency, Central Java Province, where the number of deaths due to Covid-19 had decreased very significantly over the past month. In fact, for the past few days, it has been observed to be low, even at zero, aka no people have died.
The Regent of Kudus, HM Hartopo, said that the number of Covid-19 cases in his area had decreased significantly. Even today the status of Kudus in Central Java at the level of 1. The slope of its number of cases in the Holy covid-19 is expected Hartopo not make public inattentive and indifferent to the health protocol.
The judicial operation is still being carried out. Because at this time the discipline of community progress began to decline. He reminded the public not to increase the number of Covid-19 cases in Kudus.
Moreover, the BOR in Kudus has also decreased compared to last June. The decrease in BOR both at the athlete’s house and in Kudus, of course, is expected to be an example for other regions to always struggle in suppressing COVID-19 cases.
)* The author is a citizen living in Bandung
