INDONESIA: Despite Case Surge, Bed Occupancy Rate Remains Low: Gov’t

Posted by Asia Views | Feb 17, 2022 | 0 |

JakartaGlobe-Feb 16, 2022

Indonesia is currently facing a Covid-19 infections surge fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, but the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that the hospitalization figures remained under control. Indonesia broke its daily case count with 57,049 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday. The previous record was 56,757 confirmed cases on July 15 2021, during which Indonesia was battling with the Delta variant. Daily tallies in a number of regions also surpassed the Delta peak on Tuesday. Despite the current case surges, the government affirms that the bed occupancy rate is still low. According to the Health Ministry, the bed occupancy rate in hospitals nationwide currently stands at 33 percent, with 30,412 out of 91,018 beds occupied as of Tuesday 12 p.m. Government data shows that patients are occupying 2,096 out of 8,487 intensive care unit (ICU) beds, marking a 25 percent ICU occupancy. Between Jan. 17 to Feb. 13 2022, 130,346 of the 346,930 Covid-infected patients are using telemedicine services, marking a 38 percent usage. According to the Health Ministry, 97 percent have had remote consultations with doctors and gotten their electronic prescriptions. Some 85 percent have gotten the free medicines from the Health Ministry on the same day or a day later. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/news/despite-case-surge-bed-occupancy-rate-remains-low-govt

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

INDONESIA: Despite Case Surge, Bed Occupancy Rate Remains Low: Gov’t

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