Over Capacity, RSBP Batam Take Cares of 21 Patients Who Confirmed Covid-19 Positive

Editor: Putri Larasati Anggiawan

TRIBUNBATAM.id, BATAM - Corona virus disease ( Covid-19) patients in Batam City have increased again.

Not only from ordinary citizens, a number of medical teams were exposed to Corona.

The patients were treated in a number of hospitals in Batam.

One of them is at Batam Business Agency Hospital ( RSBP).

Public Relations of RSBP Batam, Okta Reza said, currently there are 28 Covid-19 patients being treated at RSBP Batam.

Of that number, 21 patients were confirmed positive and 7 were suspected patients.

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They were treated in the isolation room of RSBP's Emerging Infectious Diseases (PIE) building.

"Today there are a total of 28 patients who we treat, of which there are several probable people undergoing treatment in the ICU," he said, Tuesday (9/15/2020).

He said the number of patients had exceeded the hospital's over capacity.

"There are 21 of our confirmed patients, the more we continue to have Covid-19 patients at this time. Even the room for suspected patients was changed to a confirmation room," he said.

Previously, RSBP prepared an isolation room for 32 Covid-19 patients.

16 of them are for suspects and 14 places for positive confirmation of Covid-19, and 2 for the ICU room.

But now the number of patients continues to grow.

Okta appealed to everyone to adhere to health protocol rules and follow government recommendations.