TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pertamina Jaya Hospital (RSPJ) has now officially operated to specifically treat positive patients of the new coronavirus infection or COVID-19 and patients under monitoring for the disease (PDP) who are having moderate, severe, to critical clinical symptoms.

“As another referral hospital tapped by the Indonesian government, RSPJ will accept patients referred from other hospitals that have provided medical care before,” said Dr. Fathema Djan Rahmat, the director of Pertamedika IHC, the corporate holding of SOE Hospitals, in a written statement in Jakarta, Tuesday, April 14.

RSPJ also established a 24-hour hotline number 0811 8110 9999 so that other hospitals could refer patients through the call to the Crisis Center, which also acts as a triage point to determine the priority of patients' next intensive treatments based on the severity of their condition.

“Due to the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia, Pertamedika IHC that is fully backed by the SOE Ministry and its parent firm Pertamina prepares 160 beds and other intensive care facilities. Besides, RSPJ will receive referrals of the laboratory examinations for CoV-2 PCR swab tests,” Fathema added.

RSPJ Director Syafik Ahmad elaborated that seventy beds consisting of 65 beds for inpatient services and five beds for emergencies were set in the hospital, and a total of 20 specialist doctors and 200 nurses were mobilized.

Syafik added that RSPJ also provided accommodations for medical workers handling COVID-19 cases. The number of medics will be adjusted if there is an increase in patients in the hospital.

ANTARA