Dengue patients fill hospitals

Dengue patients fill hospitals

JAKARTA: City-run hospitals Pasar Rebo and Budi Asih, both in
East Jakarta, have added more beds along their corridors after
dozens of new dengue patients were admitted to the hospitals on
Thursday.

At Pasar Rebo hospital, 21 of 72 dengue patients were treated
on additional beds along the corridors, while in Budi Asih, 22 of
55 patients were treated along its corridors.

Pasar Rebo hospital spokesman Dedi Suryadi said that they
would still accept new dengue patients as long as they were
willing to be put along the corridors.

"If they don't want to be transferred to other hospitals and
are willing to be put along the corridors we will treat them
professionally," he said.

Despite the increasing number of people treated for dengue,
the city administration has refused to declare the dengue
outbreak as an ordinary occurrence, which would require the city
administration to pool its resources to fight the outbreak. --JP