Palembang, CNN Indonesia —
The deceased’s family businessman Akidi Tio provided assistance of Rp. 2 trillion for the handling of the pandemic Covid-19 from South Sumatra. The assistance was symbolically conveyed by the President Director of RK Charitas Hospital Palembang Hardi Darmawan to the South Sumatra Police, Monday (26/7).
Hardi explained that he was the personal doctor of the late Akidi Tio’s extended family for 48 years. Akidi, said Hardi, is a businessman from Langsa, Aceh, who has lived in Palembang for a long time. One of her seven children lives in Palembang, while the rest are in Jakarta.
He said that Akidi Tio’s family is a philanthropist who often gives donations to a number of nursing homes in South Sumatra. During the pandemic, this family provided assistance for residents undergoing self-isolation even though it was never published.
“Initially I only received a call from one of Akidi’s children, I thought it was a call as a doctor. But I was surprised when the family expressed their intention to provide assistance to the people of South Sumatra worth Rp. 2 trillion to help deal with Covid-19,” said Hardi.
The distribution of the aid funds was given to the Head of the South Sumatra Police, Inspector General Eko Indra Heri, who had served in Aceh and the Head of the South Sumatra Health Service, Lesty Nuraini. He hopes that this assistance can be useful to resolve the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people in need.
Meanwhile, the South Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Eko Indra did not expect to receive such a large amount of assistance for handling Covid-19 outside the budget that had been provided by the government.
“We will form a team consisting of experts to inventory the needs of the people of South Sumatra at this time, and distribute the assistance. This is a very big mandate. When a team is formed, this assistance will be distributed quickly and accurately,” he said.
Head of the South Sumatra Health Service, Lesty Nuraini, said that it is possible that some of the aid will be used to speed up the examination process by increasing the number of PCR laboratories and providing transportation modes to distribute oxygen.
“Additional laboratory capacity is needed to speed up the examination. Also the availability of transportation for oxygen is still an obstacle even though South Sumatra can produce 33 tons of medical oxygen a day,” he said.
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