The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Changes in Hospital Requirements and Designs in Indonesia. Case Study: Rumah Sakit Ginjal Habibie, Bandung

ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted changes in services and work systems in hospitals worldwide, including Indonesia. The Indonesian Ministry of Health’s policy calls for hospitals to accept Covid-19 patients, requiring hospital management to adjust in the design of their facilities. This study aims to examine the changes made before receiving and while treating Covid-19 patients, considering the contagious character of the disease. It focuses on the hospital’s inpatient installation that chambers infected patients for a certain duration of time. The research was carried out by comparing before-after hospital plan documents and conducting interviews with hospital management along with a field survey to Rumah Sakit Khusus Ginjal (RSKG) Nyonya Habibie in Bandung. Changes reviewed include those related criteria sourced from guides and regulations mentioning standards of Covid-19 inpatient facilities. These criteria, divided into two aspects— zoning-circulation paths and ventilation-air circulation – are the basis of quantitative evaluation, using Likert scale. The result of this phase is to find whether alterations done are enough to meet the newly set standards for Covid-19 inpatient installation and be able to reduce the chance of transmission.