Ex-patient's lawyers file evidence on malpractice<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers representing a woman who is suing a
\ndoctor at Husada Hospital over an alleged case of negligence
\nsubmitted a list of evidence yesterday in connection with their
\nclient's case to Central Jakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
Lawyers Gunawan Tjahjadi and Pius Soi presented a list
\ncontaining 13 items to the court which will be used to support
\ntheir client's arguments in her lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Their client, Marliana Tanadi, filed a lawsuit requesting more
\nthan Rp 1 billion (US$435,000) against Dr. Henk Kartadinata and
\nHusada Hospital, accusing the doctor of carelessly leaving a
\nthree-centimeter drill bit lodged in her left arm while she
\nunderwent an operation on her broken arm at Husada Hospital in
\nMay.<\/p>\n
She claimed that the doctor's alleged carelessness had
\nrendered her left hand useless.<\/p>\n
The pieces of evidence handed over by Marliana's lawyers to
\nthe court yesterday included four reproductions of four X-ray
\npictures of the plaintiff's broken left arm, one taken before the
\noperation and three after.<\/p>\n
Marliana, who lives in Pademangan, North Jakarta, broke her
\nleft arm on May 5, 1996 when she fell down after stepping on a
\nwet mop cloth. She was rushed to Husada Hospital on Jl. Mangga
\nBesar Raya in Central Jakarta. She was X-rayed and operated on
\nthe following day by Henk, who inserted a pin in the bone of her
\nbroken arm to aid its healing.<\/p>\n
She was allowed to go home three days later. She was only
\nrequired to receive treatment as an out-patient. A few days
\nlater, however, her left arm became swollen and painful. She
\nreturned to the hospital. Henk was reportedly surprised and
\nsuggested another operation to adjust the position of the pin.<\/p>\n
However, during treatment, her arm became even worse when it
\nbegan bleeding in the area of the surgery stitches.<\/p>\n
Because of the worsening condition, Marliana was then taken to
\nanother hospital, Setia Mitra, where Dr. Soelarto Reksoprodjo
\nfound the drill bit lodged in the bone of her left arm.<\/p>\n
In her lawsuit, Marliana, 45, also accused Henk of having
\nneglected his responsibility to tell her or her family about the
\ndrill bit.<\/p>\n
However, the defendants denied the accusation. They were
\nrepresented by Purbadi Hardjoprajitno.<\/p>\n
In his reply to the plaintiff's complaint, Purbadi argued that
\nthe hospital had gone through all the standard procedures
\nrequired in treating patients, which included informing patients
\nby showing them X-ray pictures taken earlier.<\/p>\n
In her lawsuit, Marliana urged the court to order Henk and the
\nhospital to pay for the material and immaterial losses she has
\nsuffered. She also urged the court to ban Henk from medical
\npractice while the trial was in progress.<\/p>\n
She also requested the court to order the Jakarta chapter of
\nthe Indonesian Medical Association, one of the parties being
\nsued, to dismiss Henk from the association.<\/p>\n
However, in its reply to the plaintiff's lawsuit, the
\nassociation, represented by Poppy Gunawarman, called the lawsuit
\nincomplete because it did not include the Ministry of Health as
\none of the parties to be sued.<\/p>\n
Poppy argued that the plaintiff should have included the
\nministry, because it was the ministry who issued doctors licenses
\nand thus had the power to suspend doctors from medical practice.<\/p>\n
Presiding Judge Gatam Taridi adjourned the trial until Sept.
\n30. (26)<\/p>",
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