Indonesia: Doctors in anguish as hospitals are running out of beds and Covid-19 cases hitting 528,000 cases

Dancers wearing face shields to prevent the spread of the coronavirus perform during an exercise in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. - AP

JAKARTA, Nov 28 (Jakarta Post/ANN): A hospital administration expert is urging the government and health authorities to increase bed capacity and expanding isolation facilities to anticipate a potential surge in coronavirus patients, as hospitals in Indonesia are quickly running out of space for Covid-19 patients.

Irwandy of Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, which also manages a university hospital, said the number of Covid-19 patients had increased over the last week.