PRABUMULIH, TheIndonesiaPost – Red zone transmission and corona virus spread (Covid-19) stamped on the City of Prabumulih, South Sumatra. However, despite being given the status of the red zone, the standard of handling and seriousness of the City Government is still questioned by the families of victims, residents, and even the media.
“Since our family has been declared positive with coronavirus, we are trying to be isolated in the hospital by the Government of Prabumulih, in this case,the relevant agency and Stagas Covid-19. Moreover, our family is elderly and feel feverish (rising fever, etc).However, the information from the Prabumulih Health Office and the Covid-19 Task Force according to the protap is we were asked to do independent isolation and we obeyed it,” said a source from the family.
“However”, he continued, because he was worried about his elderly family, and had not received a prescription at all, coupled with the condition of his family who was sick, furthermore, showed symptoms of fever (rising fever), so he contacted the Task Force Covid-19 to take suspected people infected with Covid to the hospital.
“We are confused, because on April 3, 2020 we have contacted the Task Force to take our family to the hospital, but it seems that the hospital in Prabumulih City, South Sumatra, is not ready because it is constrained by PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Human Resources (HR). We understand very well and finally we force ourselves to be referred to the Hospital in Palembang. However, the new information will be coordinated first. Then, the following afternoon, April 4, 2020, we will be picked up and isolated to the Hospital in Palembang, “said the source .
Why does the family feel that it is very important to quickly bring patients to a referral hospital in Palembang? According to him, because he was worried about the slow handling of his family, who are obviously infected by Covid-19. Moreover, previous three patients had tested positive for Corona, and they were still one family. “We are now strengthening each other. Please help us, there is no news to discredit the family. We are struggling to be free from this problem,” he said.
The slow handling of the spread of Covid-19 and the seemingly non-serious nature of the Government of the City of Prabumulih over the spread and transmission of Covid-19, also led to protests from residents of Prabumulih. Rika (48), a resident of Prabumulih who was annoyed at the attitude of the Government of Prabumulih which was considered “trivial” and was not serious about handling the spread of Covid-19.
“I am surprised and upset with the Government, why do they seem to underestimate this problem. It has been proven that we have entered the red zone, because there are some residents who are affected by the Corona virus. , we read in the media that a ceremony had been carried out by the Mayor’s brother, which is preparing a flats to accommodate patients suspected of being infected to Covid-19, Insider Oversight (ODP). Therefore, which makes my question, why do people who are clearly stated exposed to Covid-19 was not immediately taken to the Covid-19 referral hospital in Palembang. Only then after being crowded on social media, Prabumulih’s atmosphere was stormy, then there was real action from the Government of Prabumulih, in this case the Covid-19 Task Force, ” Rika said in a raised voice, when confirmed by The Indonesia Indonesia Post, Saturday night (4/4/2020).
The furor of the slow handling of Covid-19 in Prabumulih, even the viral video of the Mayor of Prabumulih,Ridho Yahya, on social media and mainstream media, has become a national media spotlight. One of the news television stations in Indonesia, reported that the three Covid-19 handling posts made by the Government of Prabumulih also seemed to be ceremonial, because there was only one guard when it was visited by the station.
Rika hopes that the Central Government will step in and pay attention to handling the distribution of Covid-19 in the City of Prabumulih. “Honestly, we are very worried about the seriousness of the City Government, which seems slow to deal with this problem,”she said.
The seriousness of the Prabumulih City Government in handling the spread of the Corona virus is questionable, especially the controversy from the Mayor. The Mayor’s video says “there is no research that school children are on vacation, then the disease (Corona) will be reduced? Disease is not to be feared, but to be faced. Why are we afraid, we have to face it,” said Mayor Ridho Yahya, viral on social media and mainstream media.
The storm of the spotlight directed at the eradication of the Corona virus in the City of Prabumulih is not without reason. Previously, the determination of the status of the red zone in Prabumulih after confirmed four positive cases in the area led by Mayor Ridho Yahya.
Before one patient was shown to be exposed to the Covid-19 virus which has now been taken to a hospital in Palembang, there have been three patients who tested positive for the corona virus. They are patient number 09 (42) female, patient 10 (62) male, and patient 11 (60). They are reportedly still one family. Before that, one person infected with the corona virus was patient 02 who died on Monday (3/23/2020) then. (Agus / bbs).
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