Buleleng Hospital Prepares Covid-19 Special Room
The Buleleng Regency Covid-19 Task Force (Satgas) continues to carry out service schemes during the Covid-19 pandemic. One of them is the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) of Buleleng Regency which has prepared a special room for Covid-19 for maternity, babies, adult or child ER, and dialysis. This was conveyed directly by the Coordinator of Data and Information for the Covid-19 Handling Task Force, Ketut Suwarmawan, S.STP, M.M in his office when giving an update on the development of the Covid-19 case, Monday (30/8).
Furthermore, Suwarmawan said the availability of the Covid-19 special room was a form of concern for the Covid-19 Task Force for symptomatic people who were in isolation. Previously, the Buleleng District Hospital had provided regular, intensive isolation rooms and Covid-19 operating room services.
Regarding the data released today, Suwarmawan explained that 48 people were declared cured, namely from Banjar District as many as 4 people, Buleleng District as 24 people, Busungbiu District as many as 2 people, Kubuaddan District as many as 1 person, Sawan District as many as 5 people, Seririt District as many as 5 people. people, Sukasada District as many as 4 people, and Tejakula District as many as 3 people.
While the new confirmations were 49 people, namely, 7 people from Banjar District, 7 people from Buleleng District, 5 people from Busungbiu District, 1 person from Gerokgak District, 4 people from Kubuaddan District, 5 people from Sawan District, 13 people from Seririt District, 4 people from Sukasada District, and Tejakula District 3 people. 4 people died.
Judging from the data above, the cumulative confirmed cases in Buleleng were 9,968 people, with details recovered to 9,089 people, 474 people died, 397 people were being treated in Buleleng, and 8 people were being treated outside Buleleng.
Disaster Safe Education Unit, Deputy Regent Sutjidra Receives BNPB Audience
Buleleng was chosen as the place for Technical Guidance (Bimtek) for the Disaster Safe Education Unit (SPAB) not only schools but educational institutions will be involved. The establishment of this SPAB is based on the mapping of the Directorate of Disaster Mitigation of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). This was conveyed by the Deputy Regent of Buleleng, dr. Nyoman Sutjidra, Sp. OG after receiving an audience from the Central BNPB, in the meeting room of the Atiti Wisma Loby of the Regent's Office, Tuesday, (31/8).
Further explained by Deputy Regent Sutjidra, seeing the topography of Buleleng Regency which is "Nyegara Gunung" is very vulnerable to natural and non-natural disasters such as the current Covid-19 pandemic, earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes and other disasters. His party is very grateful to the Central BNPB.
"We appreciate BNPB for its concern for Buleleng Regency to minimize the impact or threat of disaster by conducting SPAB Technical Bimtek shortly. Hopefully Buleleng will have more facilitators for schools and other educational institutions," Sutjidra hoped.
Meanwhile, regarding the target of the technical guidance that will be carried out, the Head of Education, Youth and Sports (Disdipora) Made Astika said, as many as 40 educational units are planned to be involved in the SPAB technical guidance.
"This is following Permendikbud 33 of 2019 so that schools are safe from disasters. Disasters are not only natural but non-natural such as the Covid-19 pandemic. This technical guidance is also an effort to prepare for face-to-face learning later. In the future, it will develop so that every education unit has a SPAB, " he concluded.
Met at the same place, Meilina Wulandari as the Middle Expert Policy Analyst of the Central BNPB Disaster Mitigation Directorate who is also the head of the group said the hearing to the Regional Head was part of a series of involvement of the SPAB Bimtek.
Wulandari hopes that after the technical guidance there will be a follow-up from the regional facilitators to guide other schools. So that what is the aim of the technical guidance to overcome disasters at the education unit level can run well.
Kadis Suwarmawan Advises "Loloh" to Take Care of Immunity
The pandemic condition in Buleleng is not over yet, in other areas as well. Various synergistic efforts have also been carried out by the Buleleng Regency Government, ranging from providing education, completing vaccination targets, to distributing social assistance. Today, Tuesday (31/8), the Coordinator for Data and Information of the Buleleng Covid-19 Handling Task Force, Ketut Suwarmawan, S.STP.,MM again invites the people of Buleleng to always apply the health protocol (Prokes) by consuming traditional herbal concoctions " loloh” as an effort to maintain physical fitness.
Ketut Suwarmawan believes that consuming loloh regularly can help refresh the body. “This is our tradition since long ago, loloh is indeed good for fitness, therapy and healing various diseases. This natural material that we should cultivate in the yard of the house as amedicinal plants,” said Suwarmawan.
In addition, Suwarmawan, who is familiarly called Ketsu, also conveyed that besides health factors, by utilizing various processed spices, it also indirectly preserves the culture of Buleleng and Bali in general. "We are assisting Mrs. this virus, the spices we have are very useful. Let's drink loloh regularly, we are healthy while helping farmers too," he said.
Meanwhile, related to the development of the handling of Covid-19 in Buleleng, it was recorded that the patient recovered significantly. The reason is, the number of patients today is much higher than the new confirmed cases. "Today 39 patients recovered, while only 16 new cases. Judging from that, our performance on joint synergy has produced good results," he said.
Regarding other data, today there is a patient who died, with the remaining 381 patients still being treated.