Gaza Bergolak, Mer-C Percepat Pembangunan RS Indonesia
Indonesian Hospital in Gaza Trying to Speed Up by Mer-C
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) mengupayakan instalasi gawat darurat (UGD) Rumah Sakit Indonesia di Bayt Lahiya, Gaza Utara, Palestina, dapat segera beroperasi untuk membantu merawat korban serangan udara tentara Israel.
Manajer Operasional MER-C Indonesia Rima Theresia Manzanaris ketika ditemui di Jakarta, Senin, mengatakan awalnya "soft launching" rumah sakit ini akan dilaksanakan pada Desember 2014, namun karena memanasnya situasi di Gaza membuat pihaknya berupaya agar warga yang menjadi korban dapat dirawat di sana.
"RS Indonesia sengaja dibangun di Bayt Lahiya karena berada sekitar 2,5 kilometer dari perbatasan Israel, di mana banyak korban meninggal akibat agresi tahun 2008-2009," katanya.
Dia mengatakan dengan serangan yang terus terjadi, pihaknya berupaya dengan dana yang tersedia saat ini yaitu sebesar Rp13,5 miliar, dapat melengkapi alat kesehatan di ruang gawat darurat RS Indonesia sehingga dapat segera digunakan.
"Meskipun ketika dihitung biaya operasional untuk instalasi gawat darurat mencapai Rp15 miliar, dengan dana yang tersedia akan dimaksimalkan," urainya.
Rima menjelaskan total biaya yang dibutuhkan untuk pembangunan dan kelengkapan alat kesehatan RS Indonesia secara keseluruhan sebesar Rp65 miliar lebih. (Ant)
Jakarta (B2B) - Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) has been trying to speed up the opening of Indonesian Hospital at Bayt Lahiya, North Gaza, Palestine, to treat victims of Israeli air strikes, a MER-C spokesman said.
Despite a plan on the hospitals soft launch in December 2014, MER-C will do its utmost to make the hospitals emergency unit functioning as soon as possible, MER-C Indonesias Operational Manager Rima Theresia Manzanaris said here on Monday.
Gaza is currently in a volatile condition due to Israeli military attacks that has killed at least 172 people and injured 1,200 others. The UN said 17,000 people had sought refuge in its facilities as Israeli air strikes have been continuing for the seventh day.
"The Indonesian Hospital is built at Bayt Lahiya, which is only 2.5 kilometers from the Israeli border, where many people were killed during the Israeli aggression in 2008-2009," he said.
Amid incessant Israeli air strikes, MER-C is trying to acquire medical equipment so the hospital could operate its emergency unit in the nearest future, he said.
MER-C has collected public donation worth Rp13.5 billion to buy the medical equipment, little short from the actual requirement of Rp15 billion, he said.
The Indonesian Hospital was constructed at a total cost of Rp50 billion, and Rp15 billion will be required to buy medical equipment and devises for the hospital, he explained.
At present, 19 volunteers of MER-C Indonesia are in Gaza to help operate the hospital.
