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Makeshift Covid-19 Hospital Sends Home Over 13,000 Recovered Patients
Written by Nur Yasmin
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A man getting PCR test in Banjarmasin, East Kalimantan.
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Wisma Atlet Hospital for Covid-19 has so far discharged a total of 13,757 patients recovering from the novel coronavirus disease since the makeshift hospital was set up on March 23, 2020.
Spokesman of the Wisma Atlet Hospital, Colonel Aris Mudian said in a press statement on Sunday that the hospital has recorded a total of 16,501 COVID-19 patients and 13,757 of them are recovered during the March 23 to Sep. 20.
The hospital initially only used Tower 6 and 7 to treat COVID-19 patients at the Wisma Atlet, but starting from Sep. 15, the hospital also used Tower 5 for the isolation of asymptomatic patients.
As of Sep. 20, Tower 5 has accommodated a total of 1,727 patients, and 525 of them have been discharged. (VOI)
Published in
Indonesia Today
