Housewife reports doctor to police

Housewife reports doctor to police

JAKARTA: A 44-year-old housewife, Ngatmi, filed a malpractice
complaint with the Jakarta Police on Tuesday against a doctor at
a hospital in East Jakarta.

Ngatmi was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and the doctor
removed her right breast in August of that year.

"Her right arm became lame and began swelling about three
months ago ... it now as large as her thigh. The surgery scar
also began to open and ooze blood and pus," Ngatmi's husband,
Naimin, 46, said.

The mother of two went back to the doctor who performed the
surgery as soon as the complications began, but her condition has
failed to improve.

Naimin said they were not seeking money from the hospital but
simply "wanted the hospital to take serious action to treat
Ngatmi's illness". -- JP