Doctor accused of malpractice

TANGERANG: A woman reported her doctor from Siloam Gleneagles Hospital in Karawaci to the Tangerang police for alleged malpractice saying improper medicine caused her to have a miscarriage.

Irma Effendi, 37, a resident of Serpong, said on Friday that she had the miscarriage three months into her pregnancy after being treated at the hospital for two days with an unrelated ailment.

"I took medicine prescribed by the doctor, but I felt something was wrong on the second day of treatment at the hospital," she said.

Shortly thereafter she had a miscarriage.

"The miscarriage is unacceptable and I am sure that the doctor had made the wrong diagnosis of my illness," she asserted.

Siloam Gleneagles' operations manager, Andre, denied the allegation, arguing that Irma's weak physical condition was the cause of the miscarriage.

He claimed that medicine prescribed was based on diagnoses in accordance with the patient's health condition.

"If the miscarriage occurred because of the medicine, I think it was an unexpected occurrence," he said.

He claimed that the hospital management had met with Irma four times to explain the incident.

"We do want her to report this case to the police," he added. --JP