REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The government has prepared two-wheel ambulances to provide emergency medical assistance to travellers during the homecoming flow.
"The main function of the two-wheel ambulance is to provide emergency medical assistance on the spot," Director General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health Bambang Wibowo stated here on Wednesday.
Wibowo remarked that the two-wheel ambulance was not used to evacuate but to provide emergency medical assistance.
The two-wheel ambulance is a modified motorcycle fitted with siren lights and a box containing emergency medical equipment, such as blood pressure monitoring devices, stethoscopes, thermometers, immobilization devices, medicines, mini oxygen cylinders, and infusion tools.
The two-wheel ambulances will be deployed in areas, such as Brebes, Tegal, Pemalang, and Batang, with high potential for traffic jams.
"Some 45 ambulances will be stationed in Brebes, eight in Pemalang, 17 in Tegal, 22 in Batang, and others," he revealed.
The two-wheel ambulances are integrated with round-the-clock emergency healthcare services that can be reached by dialing 119 during the Lebaran holiday season.
The travelers are expected to follow the traffic signs to facilitate access for health workers.
"Travelers should not use the roadside on the toll road. Four-wheel ambulances can use the roadside to evacuate travelers in need of treatment," he stated.
The central and regional governments have collaborated with private institutions to ready 3,826 healthcare facilities around the homecoming routes across Indonesia during the 2017 Lebaran, Wibowo had earlier noted.
He said that the number of health facilities had increased as compared to last year wherein 3,583 health facilities were prepared.
The health facilities include 913 temporary health posts spread across 15 provinces in Indonesia, 2,228 community health centers, 374 hospitals, 207 port health offices, and 104 public security centers that are integrated with 119 telephone centers.
Of the total telephone centers, 71 were located around the homecoming routes.
Wibowo stated that every health post in a rest area has a doctor, two nurses, an ambulance driver, at least a four-wheel ambulance, and a two-wheel
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