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Secretary-General of the Indonesian Hospital Association (Persi) Lia Gardenia: adding more beds for Covid-19 patients will not solve the problem if the problems at the upstream are not resolved.

 

Mahardika Satria Hadi

July 26, 2021

LIA Gardenia Partakusuma has to be on alert almost 24/7. The secretary-general of the Indonesian Hospital Association (Persi) must respond to phone calls from hospital managements around the country seeking her assistance as the Covid cases soar. “Some ran out of oxygen, or medicines, others were castigated and threatened with lawsuits by patients. It feels like I own 3,000 hospitals,” said Lia, 60, in a special interview with Tempo vi

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