Non-Covid-19 patients refused care as cases surge in Indonesia

Caption People sit on the floor outside the emergency ward of a hospital that cannot take any more patients amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on July 11, 2021. - AP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Non-coronavirus patients are grappling with concerns that hospitals might refuse to treat them due to a recent surge of Covid-19 cases that has pushed the country’s healthcare system to the limit.

Dewi Safitri, 17, went to several hospitals in Jakarta to seek treatment for her mother, whose legs had been injured in a recent accident. All the hospitals she visited said they could not treat her mother, primarily because they were already full because of Covid-19.