GIS-Based Emergency Hospital Location Suitability Analysis (Case Study: Surabaya City)

Abstract

Indonesia is a country that has been exposed to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, and has positive cases of COVID-19, which are increasing every month. The COVID-19 Handling Task Force confirmed this in 2022. The large number of patients exposed to COVID-19 made the hospital unable to accommodate all patients requiring inpatient treatment, one of the cities that constructed an emergency hospital is the City of Surabaya, which has four emergency hospitals. Surabaya is one of the cities with the most people exposed to the COVID-19 virus. According to the East Java Provincial Government, until 2022, the City of Surabaya was confirmed to have 67,088 cases of COVID-19. According to the mayor of Surabaya, COVID-19 virus patients in the city of Surabaya can be handled well and continue to decline due to the construction of an emergency hospital. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the distribution of the suitability of the location of the emergency hospital to maximize the role of the emergency hospital in the city of Surabaya. The method used is the GIS method, a method that refers to the requirements for the construction of an emergency hospital regulated in the Decree of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number HK.01.07/MENKES/230/2021 concerning Guidelines for the Operation of Field Hospitals/Emergency Hospitals During the Corona Virus Disease Pandemic Period. 2019 (COVID-19). The results showed that four emergency hospitals in the city of Surabaya were by the requirements for the construction of an emergency hospital, namely an emergency hospital located in an area that was in accordance with its designation by the City Spatial Planning and Detailed Map (RDTRK) of the city of Surabaya. From four hospitals emergency, there is no other built area within a radius of 20 meters. From four emergency hospitals, there is no other built area within a radius of 20 meters. It can also be seen that out of the four emergency hospitals, there are public utility networks and drainage canals.