Nearly 350 Indonesian Healthcare Workers Died of Covid-19

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – A total of 342 Indonesian healthcare workers have died of Covid-19 since the pandemic hit the country in early March, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Saturday.

The IDI’s Mitigation Team said in a statement that the healthcare workers who died comprise 192 doctors, 14 dentists, and 136 nurses.

Out of 192 doctors, there were 101 general practitioners, 89 specialist doctors, and two resident doctors. Eleven professors were among those who died after contracting the coronavirus.

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The Indonesian Nurses Association (PPNI) chairman Harif Fadhilah said that about 75 percent of the nurses who died were those who served in the in-patient ward.

“It is possible that the nurses contracted the coronavirus from the patients who were still waiting for the results of their Covid-19 swab tests or people without the Covid-19 symptoms,” said Harif in a statement.

He said that the healthcare workers from various divisions had been overwhelmed with the increasing number of Covid-19 patients and the results of the swab tests.

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Therefore, he hopes for the support of the government and healthcare facilities to improve the quality of medical examination equipment.

“This is to reduce the number of transmission in health facilities and to provide routine checks for healthcare workers,” he said.

Here below are the number of healthcare workers who died due to the Covid-19 in Indonesian provinces:

1. Bali: 6 doctors
2. Banten: 7 doctors, 2 nurses
3. Bengkulu: 1 doctor
4. Aceh: 6 doctors, 2 nurses
5. Yogyakarta: 5 doctors, 2 nurses
6. Jakarta: 31 doctors, 5 dentists, 21 nurses
7. Abroad (Kuwait): 2 nurses
8. West Java: 17 doctors, 3 dentists, 18 nurses
9. Central Java: 17 doctors, 21 nurses
10. South Sulawesi: 7 doctors, 3 nurses
11. East Java: 39 doctors, 2 dentists, 36 nurses
12. West Kalimantan: 1 nurse
13. South Kalimantan: 4 doctors, 1 dentist, 6 nurses
14. Central Kalimantan: 1 doctor, 2 nurses
15. East Kalimantan: 5 doctors, 3 nurses
16. Riau Island: 3 doctors, 2 nurses
17. Lampung: 1 doctor, 1 nurse
18. North Maluku: 1 doctor, 1 nurse
19. West Nusa Tenggara: 2 doctors
20. East Nusa Tenggara: 1 nurse
21. West Papua: 1 doctor
22. Papua: 2 nurses
23. Riau: 5 doctors
24. Southeast Sulawesi: 1 doctor, 2 dentists
25. North Sulawesi: 3 doctors
26. West Sumatra: 1 doctor, 1 dentist, 2 nurses
27. South Sumatra: 4 doctors, 5 nurses
28. North Sumatra: 24 doctors, 3 nurses

(Writer: Nicholas Ryan Aditya | Editor: Sandro Gatra)

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/12/05/12543301/idi-sejak-maret-2020-total-342-petugas-medis-wafat-karena-covid-19.