Two nurses at Sanglah General Hospital are currently being treated in isolation at the facility after reportedly caring for suspected COVID-19 patients.
“There are two [nurses] who contracted fever and are coughing, yes. Because they are feverish and coughing, we have placed them to be treated there [in isolation]. They have a history of caring [for patients] there,” said Sanglah president director I Wayan Sudana yesterday, as quoted by Kompas.
Sudana added that the two nurses are in good condition and suspects that they have fallen ill due to exhaustion.
“[It’s] exhaustion along with a history of caring [for patients in isolation],” Sudana said.
Sanglah is one of three hospitals on the island designated to handle COVID-19 cases, and is treating 12 suspected COVID-19 patients as of yesterday afternoon. According to Sudana, six of them tested negative for the novel coronavirus, while the remaining six are still awaiting their respective lab results.
On Wednesday, a 53-year-old British woman treated at Sanglah passed away while under observation for COVID-19. Hers is the first death to the novel coronavirus in Indonesia. Local officials later said they only found out she tested positive for COVID-19 after she died, though she has been confirmed as Case 25 in the country by the central government hours before her death.
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