City to vacate hospital soon

City to vacate hospital soon

JAKARTA: Following Wednesday's storm that ripped off the roof
of city-owned Budhi Asih Hospital in Cawang, East Jakarta, the
Jakarta administration now plans to vacate the dilapidated
building.

"We don't want the incident to be repeated in the future.
That's why we plan to expedite our schedule to vacate the old
building," Jakarta deputy governor Fauzi Bowo told reporters at
City Hall.

Fauzi did not detail the exact date, but he said the move
would be conducted "soon this month," or one month ahead the
initial schedule in January next year.

The new location was just in front of the old building on Jl.
Otto Iskandardinata.

Dozens of patients, mostly dengue fever sufferers, were moved
to Pasar Rebo Hospital, Persahabatan Hospital, Cipto Mangunkusumo
General Hospital and Fatmawati hospital, after the part of
hospital's roof fell apart on Wednesday. --JP.