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Unarmed on the Front Lines

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Medical personnel are struggling to treat coronavirus patients with limited supplies of protective equipment. Amid the shortage, a number of researchers are predicting a spike in confirmed Covid-19 cases in Indonesia. Experts believe that current health care facilities will not be able to accommodate the rising number of patients. There is not enough pulmonologists available to handle this predicted spike.

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A medical officer at the respiratory intensive care unit in Zainal Abidin General Hospital, Banda Aceh, Aceh, March 9. ANTARA/Ampelsa . tempo : 173074395038.

LISTIYANTI now wear more layers of protective gear than usual. Prior, the isolation ward nurse at the Sulianto Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital (RSPI) would wear a hazmat suit and an N95 mask when making contact with a Coronavirus Disease 2019, or Covid-19, patient. When moving on to a new patient, she would change her entire gear.

Since March 18, the 40-year-old nurse has had to wear a single use medical robe made of plastic over her ha

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