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Without ICUs, doctor in Jakarta hospital battles to help Covid-19 patients

Indonesian doctor Cheras Sjarfi says the small public hospital where she works in south Jakarta was not ready for the influx of Covid-19 patients who arrived after a surge of new infections in the world's fourth most populous country.

Only equipped for basic health care, her facility has had to treat Covid-19 patients even though it lacks the life-saving ventilators and intensive care units they sometimes require.

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