Indonesia hospitals forced to reject Covid-19 patients
By Shifaan Ryklief
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CAPE TOWN, January 26 (ANA) - Patients critically ill with Covid-19 are unable to find hospital beds as Indonesia crosses the one-million cases mark and medical staff struggle to keep up.
The Indonesian government announced 13,094 new daily coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the countryâs total to 1,012,350, with 28,468 deaths.
According to The Guardian, in one instance a man died after being turned away from several hospitals, three of which are in Jakarta.
âIt seems that the current overload or overcapacity situation is the worst during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia,â Halik Malik, spokesperson for the Indonesian Doctors Association, told The Guardian.
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