The Jakarta Provincial Government keeps intensfying transformations in the health sector by developing superior and priority services. One of them is by providing Cardiac Catheterization Services or Cath Lab facilities.

There must be time for golden time for optimal treatment

Jakarta Acting Governor, Heru Budi Hartono inspected the newly built Cath Lab at the Pasar Minggu Regional General Hospital (RSUD), South Jakarta, Thursday (1/25).

He mentioned it was important to have Cath Lab facilities in every region, as patients with heart disease needed fast treatment. Thus, Cath Lab services were being built in all major hospitals in five regions.

"There must be time for golden time for optimal treatment. For instance a heart attack in the five regions, we are ready and easy to access. It already exists in large hospitals, we're trying to make it available in every region," he explained, in the Jakarta Provincial Goverment's press release.

Besides Pasar Minggu RSUD, the same facility was also available at Tarakan RSUD, Central Jakarta; Pasar Rebo RSUD, East Jakarta; Cengkareng RSUD, West Jakarta; Koja RSUD, North Jakarta; and Pasar Minggu RSUD, South Jakarta.

Then he also sent a message to Jakartans for maintaining heart health by adopting a healthy lifestyle and having their hearts checked regularly.

"Take care of your health, control your cholesterol, exercise regularly, adopt healthy lifestyle, and check your health regularly," he explained.

Jakarta Health Agency Head, Ani Ruspitawati expressed the Cath Lab service was built through a network involving the community.

"We train ordinary people, thus if those around them encounter an emergency, including a cardiac event, they can give first aid. Then send it to a health facility that is capable of serving the heart," she explained.

She added people who want to be checked for all kinds of diseases under normal circumstances (not emergencies) can visit the health center, as it is completed with basic heart care services.

"But, if there is an emergency, such as a heart attack, we can immediately access the RSUD emergency unit," she stated.