Pemprov Papua Terima Bantuan 70 Ventilator Dari URI AS

Sebanyak 70 ventilator bantuan dari University of Rhode Island (URI) Amerika Serikat untuk Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Papua telah tiba di Bandar Halim Perdana Kusuma, Jakarta. 

Dijadwalkan ventilator untuk penanganan pasien terjangkit virus Corona (Covid-19) di Bumi Cenderawasih itu diberangkatkan Sabtu ini (08/8/2020) dan tiba hari Minggu (09/8/2020) di Jayapura. 

“Ventilatornya dijadwalkan tiba hari Minggu di Jayapura. Nanti diberangkatkan via Timika kemudian ke Wamena dan kemudian Jayapura menggunakan pesawat,” ungkap perwakilan PT Freeport Indonesia, Sutomo disela-sela acara serah terima barang antara URI, Pemprov Papua dan PT Freeport Indonesia, di Gensup Shipping and offsite exim, Bandara Halim Perdana Kusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (07/8/2020).

Pada serah terima ventilator tersebut, Pemerintah Provinsi Papua diwakili, Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M.Kes, Juru Bicara Satgas Penanganan COVID-19 Provinsi Papua, dr Silwanus Sumule, Perwakilan URI Indonesia, Diana Devi dan Dian Novita Sari serta Sutomo, perwakilan PT Freeport Indonesia.

Rektor URI, Dr. David M. Dooley, PhD mengatakan bantuan ventilator ini merupakan wujud kerjasama antara URI Amerika dengan Pemerintah Provinsi Papua. 

Dirinya bersama Gubernur Papua, Lukas Enembe, S.IP, MH tahun 2019 telah menandatangani kerjasama pendidikan dan pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM). Keduanya sepakat menjalin kerjasama penelitian dan pelatihan dan pengembangan SDM putra-putri asli Papua. 

“Kerjasama kami terjalin baik. Kepada bapak gubernur Papua bapak Lukas Enembe, saya kirimkan salam sejahtera dari University of Rhode Island. Terima kasih kami ucapkan kembali, atas kunjungan bapak dan delegasi ke Rhode Island tahun lalu dan menandatangani perjanjian kerja sama,”ungkapnya.

Dooley mengatakan sejak pandemic Covid-19, URI berkoordinasi dengan Pemerintah Provinsi melalui Kepala Badan Pengelola Sumber Daya Manusia (BPSDM) Papua Aryoko AF Rumaropen untuk bantuan ventilator ini.

“Ventilator itu dikembangkan peneliti-peneliti URI melibatkan mahasiswa Papua dengan para dokter di Amerika. Kami mendesain ventilator yang inovatif sehingga dapat berfungsi sebagai peralatan ventilator tambahan di rumah sakit untuk merawat pasien yang terkena COVID-19,”katanya.

Ventilator desain URI dikembangkan dengan menciptakan ventilator dengan mengubah perangkat CPAP dan BiPAP. Setiap paket ventilator berisi sirkuit lengkap untuk penanganan pasien Covid-19.

Sementara itu, Gubernur Papua yang diwakili Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M.Kes mengatakan bantuan ventilator ini akan disebar ke rumah sakit rujukan Covid-19 di Papua. "Bantuan ini untuk rumah sakit rujukan Covid-19 di Jayapura, Mimika, Wamena dan daerah-daerah lainnya," ungkap Kayame kepada awak media.

Scheduled ventilator for the treatment of patients infected with Coronavirus was departed this Saturday (August 8, 2020) and arrived Sunday (August 9, 2020) in Jayapura.

"The ventilator is scheduled will arrive in Jayapura on Sunday, the flight is via Timika then to Wamena and then Jayapura", said representative of PT Freeport Indonesia, Sutomo during event handover of goods between the URI, provincial government of Papua and PT Freeport Indonesia, in Gensup Shipping and offsite Exim, Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, Jakarta, Friday (August 7, 2020).

At the handover of the ventilator, the Papua provincial government is represented, the head of health office of Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M. Kes, spokesperson for the handling of COVID-19 Papua Province, Dr. Silwanus Sumule, representatives of URI Indonesia, Diana Devi and Dian Novita Sari and Sutomo, representatives of PT Freeport Indonesia.

The rector of URI, Dr. David M. Dooley, PhD, said the aid of this ventilator is a form of cooperation between University of Rhode Island and Papua provincial government. He was with the governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe,S. IP. MH has signed cooperation in education and human resources development (HR) in 2019. Both agreed to cooperate with research and training and development of human resources of indigenous Papuans.

"Our cooperation is well established. For the governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe, I send a greeting from the University of Rhode Island. We say thank you for your visiting and delegation to Rhode Island last year and signed a cooperation agreement", he said.

Dooley said since Covid-19 pandemic, URI has coordinated with the provincial government through the head of the Human Resource Management Agency (BPSDM) of Papua Aryoko AF Rumaropen for the help of the ventilator.

"The ventilator was developed by the URI researchers involving Papuan doctoral students in America. We design innovative ventilators that can serve as additional ventilator equipment in the hospital to treat patients affected by COVID-19", he said.

The URI-design Ventilator was developed by creating a Ventilator by transforming CPAP and BiPAP devices. Each ventilator package contains a complete circuit for the handling of Covid-19 patients.

Meanwhile, the governor of Papua represented by the head of health office of Dr. Robby Kayame, SKM, M. Kes said the ventilator will be given to the Covid-19 referral hospital in Papua. "This assistance is for the Covid-19 referral Hospital in Jayapura, Mimika, Wamena and other districts", Kayame told the media crew.