Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta Health Office has increased the bed capacity at pediatric intensive care units (PICU) in hospitals in the province from 197 to 219 as part of efforts to handle acute kidney injury (AKI) in children.
“As one of the strategies for handling acute kidney injury in children, the capacity of PICU has been increased to a total of 219 beds,” head of the health services division of the Jakarta Health Office, Luigi, informed during a seminar on acute kidney injury awareness here on Tuesday.
Of the total 219 beds, East Jakarta has the most beds at 50, which are spread over 14 hospitals.
Meanwhile, Central Jakarta has 42 PICU beds spread over 15 hospitals, and North Jakarta 31 beds spread over 7 hospitals.
The Health Office has also improved the competency of doctors and nurses to deal with the limited number of nephrology consultants or health workers who play a role in diagnosing and treating kidney problems in children, infants, and adolescents.
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Meanwhile, 44 sub-district community health centers in Jakarta have been performing kidney function tests.
The Jakarta Health Office has recorded 90 acute kidney injury cases in children in the period from January to October 24, 2022.
According to him, the most common symptoms seen in patients have been fever, decreased consciousness, and gastrointestinal problems.
Earlier, at a press conference on Monday, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced that 245 cases of atypical progressive acute kidney injury have been detected in 26 Indonesian provinces so far, with the fatality rate recorded at 57.6 percent.
“As of today, there are a total of 245 cases in 26 provinces. Eight provinces that have contributed 80 percent of the cases are Jakarta, West Java, Aceh, East Java, West Sumatra, Bali, Banten, and North Sumatra. The fatality rate or percentage of deaths out of the 245 cases is quite high, which is 141 or 57.6 percent,” Sadikin said.
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