BANJARBARU – It has been five months or during the COVID-19 outbreak, the Budi Sejahtera Social Institution (PSTW) belonging to the South Kalimantan Social Service does not receive guests or visitors from the families of the residents of the orphanage.
None other than the management of the nursing home under the auspices of the South Kalimantan Provincial Government at Jalan A Yani Kilometer 21.7, Banjarbaru did this to prevent COVID-19 from entering their area. it’s because the elderly are most at risk of being exposed to COVID-19.
The head of the Tresna Werdha Budi Sejahtera Social Home, Surya Fujianorrochim, Saturday (14/11/20202) confirmed that during COVID-19, the entrance to the orphanage was tight. And do not allow the residents of the orphanage to visit or meet their families.
“Even if it is an emergency, and it is important, we only facilitate visitors to communicate with patients via video calls. We may not meet. If anyone wants to send help, we just invite them to arrive at the front office,” he said.
Surya explained that apart from tightening up guests, also tightening the acceptance of new patients. “If there is a patient sent from the Social Service in the area who wants to enter here (PSTW), we ask for a rapid test first. If the result is non-reactive, then we can accept it,” he explained.
Even then, said Surya, new patients still have to undergo quarantine for one week at the orphanage to ensure it does not expose them to COVID-19. After that, it allows them to gather with other residents.
“There we provide a special place for quarantine. But even though it is quarantined, it still serves well patients,” he said.
He explained that at PSTW Budi Sejahtera treating 174 patients., 114 in Banjarbaru nursing homes and 60 others in Martapura.
“If the pattern of activities is still routine. However, there is an addition to maintaining the patient’s immune system. For example, they sunbathe and drink vitamin C, so that maintaining their immune system,” he said.
He hopes that the corona virus can end so that activities in the orphanage can return to normal. “Because of the pity of the officers. There are many tasks to be done and many elderly people to be taken care of,” he hoped.
Anang Fadhilah
