RI no stranger to consequences of malpractice<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Malpractice can occur anywhere. At an isolated
\nPuskesmas community health center, at a sophisticated, expensive
\nclinic, in the examination room of a private doctor, or in a
\nstate-owned hospital.<\/p>\n
Press reports since the early 1980s prove it can also occur
\nduring any medical treatment, from complicated surgery to easy
\ndiagnoses.<\/p>\n
Setianingrum, who worked at a community health center in
\nWedarijaksa, Central Java, was charged with negligence which led
\nto the death of her patient, Rukmini Kartono, in 1982. Rukmini
\nwas allergic to the streptomycin injection Setianingrum gave her.<\/p>\n
The Pati regency court decided Setianingrum was guilty and
\ngave her a suspended sentence. Setianingrum appealed but failed
\nto prove her innocence. Later, the Supreme Court nullified her
\nsentence, saying she was not negligent.<\/p>\n
In 1986 the town of Sukabumi in West Java was jolted by the
\nalleged malpractice of ophthalmologist G.M. Husaini. The doctor
\nwas sued by Muhidin and Opa bin Tuhi, after both had their a
\npupil removed.<\/p>\n
Muhidin and Opa both said the doctor told them they had to
\nhave surgery to cure eye infections, but didn't tell them their
\npupils would be removed.<\/p>\n
Husaini defended himself, saying that the pupils were removed
\nto cure the infection. Later, he sued his patients for tainting
\nhis name.<\/p>\n
Eye surgery was also the beginning of suffering for Andriani
\nin 1986. The eye operation at the Aini Eye Hospital in South
\nJakarta was a success, but Andriani, who was five at the time,
\nsuffered brain damage from the anesthesia. The Medical Ethics
\nCouncil examined the case and found that the anesthesiologist
\nleft the operating room before the surgery finished.<\/p>\n
In 1987 the Ministry of Health revoked the Asih Trisna
\nclinic's operating permit because of the death of Sulastri. The
\npatient underwent abdominal liposuction and vaginoplasty at the
\nclinic on Feb. 3 that year. She was rushed to the Husada hospital
\nin Central Jakarta and died the next day from hemorrhaging. It
\nwas revealed that the team of doctors responsible for the
\noperation were unqualified and that the clinic didn't have a
\npermit to perform major surgery or even admit patients.<\/p>\n
In 1988, in Medan, North Sumatra, July was told by Rustam, the
\ndoctor in charge at Permata Bunda hospital, a day before her
\nbaby's birth that it was healthy and in good condition. The next
\nday it was stillborn. Her husband Hansen sued after discovering
\nthe stillborn had a broken neck, peeling skin and swollen
\ntesticles.<\/p>\n
\"Dead or alive is God's intention, but why was my baby's neck
\nbroken?\" Hansen was quoted by Jakarta-Jakarta weekly in August,
\n1988 as asking.<\/p>\n
He said if there was an abnormality, the doctor should have
\ntold them the day before the birth so an operation could have
\nbeen performed.<\/p>\n
Doctor Rustam said that the baby had died while still in the
\nwomb from abnormalities. The doctor said the broken neck was
\ncaused by the mother's small pelvis, which made delivery tough.<\/p>\n
There were no reports of the outcome of the case.<\/p>\n
In March 1993, the Atma Jaya private hospital in North Jakarta
\nfaced a malpractice charge by Suwito, a resident of Penjaringan
\ndistrict in North Jakarta. He told the police that Haryanto, his
\n10-month-old baby, had died at the hospital from what he believed
\nwas a malpractice. He said his child had been hospital for two
\ndays because of a \"high temperature\" and had died after receiving
\nan \"injection\".<\/p>\n
The police, however, believe that what Suwito actually meant
\nwas that his child had died after receiving an infusion.<\/p>\n
The case was later handled by the Jakarta office of the
\nMinistry of Health after the management of the hospital denied
\nthat Haryanto's death was the result of a malpractice. (als)<\/p>",
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