‘Broken’: Indonesia’s hospitals in crisis as doctors treat Covid patients in streets

Spread of the Delta variant blamed for significant rise in cases that have threatened to overwhelm the medical system Standing outside the glass wall at one of the emergency installations in a hospital in Tangerang, Benten, Uta Verina Maukar, 26, looked at her mother as she lay resting on a bed. She texted her mother, telling her that she was standing outside. Her mother looked at her from across the room, and with an oxygen mask on her face, tried to sit up so she could see her better. They both looked at each other like that for a while. That was the last time Uta saw her mother’s face. She died from Covid the following day. She was 51. Continue reading...
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