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Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory Emergency Hospital in East Jakarta is ready to receive COVID-19 patients.

"There are 150 intensive care beds ready for use. It will be used to treat patients with severe symptoms or even in critical condition. It is ready to be operated in the next 2-3 days," Pandjaitan said in a statement here on Saturday.

He said the emergency hospital is equipped with domestically-made medical equipment. "I think that's good," he said.

The minister explained that PT Pertamina Bina Medika (Pertamedika), a subsidiary of state-run oil firm PT Pertamina in health service, worked jointly with the Jakarta hajj dormitory management to use the hajj dormitory as a COVID-19 special hospital.

The facility is fully supported by the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR). The emergency hospital would be operated under the management of Pertamina Jaya Hospital (RSPJ) hence it is called as RSPJ Extension for COVID-19.

Occupying Arofah building, the hospital has an Emergency Room (IGD) with 24 intensive care unit (ICU) beds and six non-ICU beds. Rooms for patients are on floors II, III and IV with 16 HCU beds and 104 ICU beds, that bring the total capacity of the extension hospital to 150.

In addition, the hospital is also equipped with 74 units of ventilator machines, 50 units of High Flow Nasal Canul (HFNC) and 124 breathing apparatus.

Important medical facilities such as central oxygen, negative pressure with hepafilter, x-ray, and clinical laboratories are also provided in the hospital.

This hospital will support the Health Ministry program to add special beds for COVID-19 patients and is a concrete proof of the contribution of SOEs in handling the critical and severe pandemic," said PT Pertamina Bina Medika IHC President Director, dr. Fatema Djan Rachmat.

Eight buildings at the Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory Field Hospital would be used for patients that need intensive care, rooms for patients with moderate symptoms, and a nurse's dormitory.

The rooms zoning would be based on the risk, air circulation, access for officers, patients, logistics.

One building will be used for intensive care, five buildings to accommodate patients with moderate symptoms, and two buildings for nurse dormitories.

"Each building has rooms that are used as patient rooms, pharmacy rooms, laundry rooms, and staff rooms. In total, this hospital has 785 beds," said Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin. (Antaranews)