Indonesian doctors face tough choice of who will live or die at overrun Covid-19 hospitals

People rest on veld beds inside the emergency ward for Covid-19 patients at a government-run hospital in Jakarta, on June 29, 2021. - Reuters

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): A shortage of beds, oxygen supply and ventilators in Indonesia has left doctors with the dreadful decision of who among their Covid-19 patients will live and who will die.

Dr Nur Chandra Bunawan, 35, from Kramat Jati general hospital in East Jakarta, said: "In my 11-year career as a doctor, I've never experienced this kind of situation. It's very hard to find a hospital right now. We often have to decide which patients have a better chance of surviving. We must pick which patients have a greater chance to live.