North Jakarta Health Office Visits Residents Requiring Healthcare Services
Jakarta — The North Jakarta Health Office visited a resident requiring healthcare services in the Tugu Selatan area, Koja district, following information provided by the community.
“Home visits are part of the healthcare services provided by the Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) to the community,” said Muniarsi Hutapea, head of the North Jakarta Health Office, in Jakarta on Monday.
Through these visits, she continued, the office aims to ensure that residents requiring healthcare services continue to receive direct treatment and monitoring from medical staff. The Jakarta Provincial Government is committed to providing rapid and appropriate healthcare services to the community.
“We affirm that the local government will continue to monitor patients’ conditions and ensure healthcare services continue to meet the community’s needs,” she said.
According to Muniarsi, the visit followed a report from the district level regarding the health condition of two residents on Sunday (8 March) at 4:00 pm. A healthcare team then conducted a home visit at 5:30 pm.
Examination results showed that patient A had blood pressure of 150/107 mmHg and random blood sugar of 91 mg/dL. The patient complained of nasal congestion, headache, and cough and has a history of nine chemotherapy sessions for eye cancer that has spread. Although advised to continue chemotherapy, the patient chose to postpone temporarily to observe Ramadhan fasting.
From the physical examination, the patient’s general condition was assessed as good and conscious. However, there was a noticeable swelling on the forehead and the left eye remained bandaged.
“The medical team provided pain relief medication, education on healthy eating patterns, and advised the patient to continue chemotherapy according to the doctor’s recommendations at the referral hospital,” said Muniarsi.
Meanwhile, patient M (57 years old) had blood pressure of approximately 140/101 mmHg with random blood sugar of 93 mg/dL. The patient is known to have a history of stroke approximately three months ago and suffers from hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
During examination, the patient reported no specific complaints and general condition was assessed as stable. The medical team advised the patient to continue routine treatment and maintain healthy lifestyle habits.
Previously, the patient had also received healthcare services from the White Brigade programme in the Tugu Selatan area. From those examination results, neither patient showed emergency conditions requiring hospitalisation referral.
“However, healthcare staff provided education to the family regarding signs of emergency conditions so they can immediately take the patient to the emergency unit if needed,” she said.