Indonesian doctor Tri Maharani felt that she could cope with any disaster because she has attended to patients injured in tsunamis to volcanic eruptions for the past 22 years. | STcom asianewsnetwork asianewsnetwork
Dr Tri, Indonesia’s only toxinologist and advisor to the World Health Organization on snakebite management, however, said she quickly got over her fears and was able to change her mindset, “no longer sad, troubled and disappointed.”
Testing positive for Covid-19 on June 11, Dr Tri went into self-quarantine for two days before being treated at Gambiran General Hospital in Kediri, East Java. She was in hospital until July 23. She also wrote a letter to Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto, asking for test kits to help in contact tracing for her staff and family.
In fact in January, before the country was gripped by the pandemic, she was already making hazmat suits and masks with the help of her family and a friend, distributing them to market traders as well as health workers, among others.She has also made and distributed nationwide more than 200 two-meter-long stethoscopes, modified with aluminum pipes which has allowed doctors to maintain a safe distance with their patients.
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