REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABYA -- Surabaya city in East Java is ready to become a reference place for stroke patients, now that many hospitals in the city have complete facilities to treat them.

"All 61 hospitals owned by the city government and the private sector in Surabaya have complete facilities to treat patients who suffered a stroke," Head of the Surabaya City Health Office Febria Rachmanita said here on Wednesday (6/5).

Citing an example, she noted that the Dr. Soewandhie General Hospital owned by the city government was preparing a special unit for stroke patients.

"Given the special unit, stroke patients can be treated intensively because they will be separated from patients suffering from other diseases," Rachmanita affirmed.

In addition, the hospital will also prepare six beds for stroke patients and those suffering from other internal diseases. In total, there will be 29 beds.

However, the hospital has only one neurosurgeon.

"Although it has only one neurosurgeon, God willing, I believe he performs his duties well," Rachmanita stated.

Stroke patients in Surabaya now make up 0.7 percent of the city's population, as compared to the national level of 15.4 percent.

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