Medical workers in protective gear check health equipment on March 23 in the emergency room of the Kemayoran Athletes Village makeshift emergency hospital in Central Jakarta. - Antara
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Covid-19 rapid response task force has said that Indonesia needs an additional 1,500 doctors and 2,500 nurses to treat Covid-19 patients amid the surge in cases across the archipelago.
“Indonesia currently needs around 1,500 doctors, especially pulmonologists, anaesthetists and general physicians, as well as 2,500 nurses, ” Covid-19 task force volunteer coordinator Andre Rahadian said at a press briefing on Thursday (March 26), as quoted by kompas.com.
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