MGBKI Urges Formation of Audit Team to Investigate Death of Intern Doctor at Jambi Hospital
The Indonesian Council of Medical Professors (MGBKI) is urging the formation of an independent audit team in the case of the death of intern doctor Myta Aprilia Azmy, who was stationed at RS KH Daud Arif in Jambi.
MGBKI Chairman Budi Iman Santoso emphasised that Myta’s case should not be viewed as an isolated incident. According to him, it serves as a stark warning of failures in medical education governance, clinical supervision, occupational safety, and protection for educational participants.
He reminded that medical education participants, including intern doctors, residents, and other clinical training programmes, are not cheap labour that can be burdened with service responsibilities without protection, supervision, and adequate safety guarantees.
“Every critical incident or death of an educational participant on duty must be treated as a potential systemic failure until proven otherwise. There must be no victim-blaming, intimidation, or information cover-ups,” he stated during a press conference on Sunday (3/4).
In its statement, MGBKI rejects all forms of exploitation of medical education participants. Excessive workloads, inhumane working hours, and assignments without adequate supervision are forms of governance failure that cannot be justified.
This includes neglect of the illnesses suffered by educational participants, including intern doctors.
Secondly, MGBKI is also urging the formation of an independent, transparent, and comprehensive audit team. Budi requested that the Ministry of Health, the Indonesian Medical Council (KKI), educational institutions, and educational hospitals conduct an audit regarding the chronology, supervision system, workload, clinical response, availability of medicines, and the work culture surrounding this incident.
He also requested that there be no further attempts or intimidation that corner the victim. Budi emphasised that threats to educational participants or administrative sanctions such as extending training periods for raising occupational safety concerns must be stopped.
“Fourthly, we demand legal, ethical, and academic protection for educational participants,” he explained.
According to him, all educational participants must be guaranteed a safe learning environment, clear clinical supervision, access to healthcare when ill, protection from bullying, and safe reporting channels.
Finally, MGBKI is also pushing for a national reform of the internship and clinical education system. The reforms in question start with a restructuring of the national internship and clinical education system.
“This includes limits on working hours, supervision ratios, venue competency standards, incident reporting systems, occupational health guarantees, and periodic evaluation mechanisms,” he concluded.
Several medical colleagues have highlighted suspicions of Myta’s heavy workload before her death. Before passing away, Myta had become critical and was treated in the ICU at RSUP Dr Mohammad Hoesin (RSMH) in Palembang.
General Chairman of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Medicine, Sriwijaya University (IKA FK Unsri), Achmad Junaidi, said his organisation would monitor the case of Myta’s death while undergoing the internship programme.
“We previously sent a letter to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. They requested an audit of RSUD KH Daud Arif in Kuala Tungkal, Jambi, which was the assignment location for Dr Myta,” said Junaidi, quoted from detikSumbagsel on Saturday (2/5).
In a letter dated 30 April 2026, IKA FK Unsri expressed concern as well as several findings regarding the working conditions of intern doctors at that regional hospital.
Junaidi stated that Myta was suspected of undergoing a heavy workload without sufficient rest during her internship. Even when her health began to decline since March 2026, Myta was said to still follow the on-duty schedule.
“Doctor Myta had reported symptoms of illness, but was still scheduled for night shifts while experiencing shortness of breath and high fever,” he said.
Based on his account, Myta’s condition then worsened, with oxygen saturation reported below 80 percent. Myta was finally referred to RSMH Palembang for intensive treatment.