Indonesian nursing students to assist overwhelmed health workers


A nurse from Chasbullah Abdulmajid General Hospital in Bekasi, West Java, examines a patient suspected to have Covid-19 on the bed of a pickup truck on June 25. The patient's family used the truck to transport her to the hospital because no other vehicle was available. She had experienced breathing difficulties, vomiting and fatigue for days, her family said, - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Aug 1 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The government is planning to send more final year nursing students and graduates who have yet to be certified to the front lines of the pandemic to reduce the burden on overwhelmed health workers.

The nursing students will monitor coronavirus patients with mild symptoms, while the graduates will assist with basic nursing tasks at Covid-19 health facilities.

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