Re: Bird Flu Overwhelms Indo Hospital
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Persahabatan Hospital is a B-class teaching hospital.
(Note: Hospital in Indonesia is divided into four classes/strata: A., B, C,
and D. The strata shows the capability in performing services. The B class
hospital is divided into two subclasses: teaching and non-teaching. The B
class teaching hospital such as Persahabatan has more subspecialists than
non-teaching hospitals. B class teaching hospital provide at least 12 fields
of specialist: surgery, orthopedic, urology, cardiology, internal medicine,
pulmonology, ophthalmology, dermatology, ENT, endocrinology, pediatric, and
psychiatry. Indonesia has 18 B class teaching hospitals.)
The hospital provides extensive medical services and functions as:
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National referral hospital for respiratory diseases
- Referral hospital for East Jakarta municipality
- Teaching hospital for the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia
- WHO collaborating center for tuberculosis
The hospital occupies a 54,013 sq.m. building at a total land area of 134,666
sq.m. It has a capacity of
543 beds. The hospital has 210 medical doctors
(121 specialists, including 19 pulmonologists, 4 cardiologists, 9 surgeons, 8
anethesiologists, 4 thoracic surgeons, 46 residents in pulmonology, 28 general
practitioners, and 12 dentists), 622 nurses, 159 paramedics and 539 non-medical
staff. Around 1,200 patients visit the outpatient clinic daily.
Persahabatan Hospital is a
pulmonary specialty hospital. The increasing demand
for good quality care services in the field of lung diseases and the rapid
development in medical technology opt the hospital to strengthen its medical
care services. The hospital has to develop the quantity and quality of lung
specialists and medical personnels, and to strengthen its teaching and
education function as a special hospital for respiratory disease control. The
Department of Pulmonology is a functional unit of Persahabatan Hospital and
also a department of the Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students for pulmonology speciality study in
this department.
Persahabatan Hospital has a new 6-leveled building occupying a land area of
6,000 sq.m. In order to improve the performance and services, Persahabatan
hospital intends to develop its respiratory center at this unequipped
building. The 6 storeys are meant to accommodate:
- Outpatient department for respiration services. This department will be
supported by a radiological department, CT Scan, Laboratories and medical
record. It will also provide services for ENT, pulmonology, cardiology,
hematology, obstetric gyneacology, asthmatic clinic, thoracic surgery, sleep
disorder, neurology and other supporting services.
- Emergency services
- 4 operating theaters, which are capable in performing surgery needed for
thorax surgery. The operating theater will be supported by bronchoscope, ICU,
and a chemotherapy services.
- A sleep laboratory will be developed as an additional services in the
respiration.
- Private wards for patients which will accommodate 137 beds.
In addition to the above, the hospital needs to install the supporting systems,
such as electricity, water, airconditioning, telephone lines, and gas
installation. The building also needs room separators, fire extinguishers,
nurse call systems, paging systems, etc. Medical equipment is needed for the
sophisticated services, especially for surgery and diagnosis.
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