Jakarta The bed occupancy rate (BOR) in hospitals had increased, as people were still traumatized by the surge in cases caused by the Delta variant earlier, Indonesian Hospital Association’s (PERSI’s) Deputy Chairman Koesmedi Priharto stated.

“We know that the previous trauma in June and July was a major traumatic experience for our people,” Priharto stated during an online event accessed here on Saturday.

He noted that several people had failed to conduct self-isolation during the surge in COVID-19 cases earlier in July and August 2021.

That trauma then caused several COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms to not want to self-isolate at home and opted to go to hospitals to get health treatments. As a result, the BOR currently is significantly increasing.

In fact, the government has recommended patients, with moderate to severe symptoms or in critical condition, to be hospitalized.

On the other hand, he admitted that several factors caused people to be reluctant to self-isolate at home, such as the house’s inadequate condition to serve as an insolation place, the presence of a family member with comorbidity, or the presence of elderly at home.

Source: Antara News