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CIVIL SERVANT

t has been a year since the COVID-19
pandemic has hit the country, including the
Icity of Jakarta. During that time, all of the
health workers, from doctors to nurses, have
tirelessly fought the virus which came from
Wuhan, China. Alhtough many of them also
became the victims, that did not stop those
“healthcare heroes” to remain standing on the
frontline, to always fight against the disease.

One of the healthcare heroes is dr. Sri Dhuny
Atas Asri. The pulmonary specialist works at
Pasar Minggu Regional Hospital (RSUD), one
of the referral hospitals for COVID patients in
Jakarta. “At first we were confused about how
to handle COVID-19 patients,” she told JaKita at
her office at Pasar Minggu Hospital.

The medical world is required to create a
technical mechanism for handling COVID-19
patients, such as creating flow of admissions
and method for COVID-19 patients handling
and care that is safe for healthcare workers. “It
takes researches to identify and treat exposed
patients,” she said.

Armed with the knowledge she got from Faculty
of Medicine University of Indonesia (UI), along
with numbers of academics and several
institutions, she developed technical procedures Her experiences in working with many parties has
and mechanisms for patients handling at Pasar made dr. Dhuny often invited to be a resource
Minggu Hospital. “These technical procedures person or speaker in numbers of seminars, one
will make it easier for the medical team to treat of which is for Scientific Refreshment webinar for
exposed patients,d” said dr.Dhuny. Doctors with the topic “Management of COPD
during COVID-19 Pandemic” and “Management
A number of studies related to COVID-19 were of Asthma during COVID-19 Pandemic”. dr.
carried out by Dr. Dhuny, such as Assessment Dhuny often educates the public through
of the Efficacy and Safety of BDB-001 Injection webinars, too. One of them is Adaptation to
for the Treatment of Severe and Progressive New Habits. “I just want to be useful by helping
COVID-19: A Phase II Clinical Trial, Multicentre, people overcome this pandemic,” said Dhuny.
Controlled, Parallel, Randomized and Open, in
September 2020. Family support

Also, Stigmatization, Patient Dishonesty and Dhuny got her bachelor’s degree from the
Challenges of Diagnosing COVID-19 in October Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. She
2020. In December 2020, she also did a research then continued to have specialist degree from
of AI-Based Telemedicine for COVID-19 Patients Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty
at Pasar Minggu Hospital. of Medicine, University of Indonesia.

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