The Collapse of Our Hospitals

Monday, July 12, 2021

Indonesia’s health care is crashing due to the spike in Covid-19 cases. To overcome the collapse of hospitals, the government worked hard to increase the capacities of isolation wards and hunt for medical oxygen, even in Singapore. Amid this situation, more and more doctors and nurses died from Covid-19.

Medical personnel treating patients in a tent used as an Emergency Room at the Dr Sardjito Central General Hospital (RSUP), Sleman, Yogyakarta, July 4. The Commander of the Operational Support Command Post for the Covid-19 Task Force in Yogyakarta, Pristiawan Buntoro, confirmed that 63 patients at Dr Sardjito Hospital died on July 3 and 4 due to the shortage of oxygen supply. Antara/Hendra Nurdiyansyah . tempo : 173249334621.

ON Friday, July 9, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin received a phone call from Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X. After the evening prayer, Sri Sultan informed the minister that oxygen supply at the Dr. Sardjito Central General Hospital (RSUP), a Covid-19 referral hospital, was in critical condition and was predicted to run out in less than 24 hours.

Their conversation took less than five minutes. Sri Sultan asked for the centr

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