{"id":3977,"date":"2020-09-21T18:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=3977"},"modified":"2020-09-21T18:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:33:10","slug":"as-indonesia-cases-soar-medical-workers-bear-the-burden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2020\/09\/21\/as-indonesia-cases-soar-medical-workers-bear-the-burden\/","title":{"rendered":"As Indonesia cases soar, medical workers bear the burden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Link to Article- https:\/\/apnews.com\/960175dc021340a9d6f9a3bec904c255<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indonesia has recorded the second highest amount of deaths from coronavirus in Southeast Asia, and many of those fatalities were among healthcare workers and other medical providers. This poses a threat to the long-term stability of Indonesia’s healthcare system. As of now, doctors and nurses make up about 3% of the 8,000 lives lost to coronavirus in Indonesia. Also having the lowest number of doctors per capita in Southeast Asia, the Indonesian government is struggling with what to do next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While having such a significant number of fatalities, Indonesia also has one of the lowest testing rates in the world for coronavirus, which leads people to suspect that the amount of people infected may be significantly higher than what they have documented. While also facing the possibility of being infected everyday, many medical professionals have chosen to abstain from seeing their families in order to protect them. The government recently announced a plan to lessen these burdens on the healthcare workers and hopefully adjust the system so that it will continue to be able to function in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the government is trying its best to get the resources necessary to protect doctors, nurses, and other medical staff, I believe it may be time for the World Health Organization (WHO) to step in. The WHO reports on their website that they have been monitoring the archipelago nation closely, but they have not yet acted on any of their findings. The many doctors and nurses on the frontlines require a lot more than just resources to keep them safe; there is also a necessity for psychological evaluations, which is something the World Health Organization could potentially provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government is definitely in need of international help to deal with this crisis, but there is also a lot more they could do domestically to slow the spread. If businesses and tourism spots were not reopening, the spread of the virus would slow down, allowing the hospitals to replenish some resources. Slowing the spread would also help keep the hospitals from reaching their capacity, slightly lowering the risk that healthcare workers will be infected. With the help of the World Health Organization and some changes made by the government, Indonesia’s healthcare system will most likely continue to be able to function in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link to Article- https:\/\/apnews.com\/960175dc021340a9d6f9a3bec904c255 Indonesia has recorded the second highest amount of deaths from coronavirus in Southeast Asia, and many of those fatalities were among healthcare workers and other medical providers. This poses a threat to the long-term stability of Indonesia’s healthcare system. As of now, doctors and nurses make up about 3% of the 8,000 lives lost to coronavirus… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3977"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3998,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions\/3998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}