MGBKI Urges Independent Audit into Death of Internship Doctor
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Council of Medical Professors (MGBKI) has urged all relevant parties to conduct an independent audit into the case of an internship doctor reported to have died while undergoing treatment at Muhammad Hoesin Hospital (RSMH) in Palembang, South Sumatra.
The death of Dr. Myta Aprilia Azmy has drawn public attention because she was previously assigned to the internship programme at K.H. Daud Arif Hospital in Kuala Tungkal, Jambi, and is suspected to have experienced workplace exploitation.
“MGBKI urges the Ministry of Health, Indonesian Medical Council, educational institutions, and teaching hospitals to conduct an independent audit of the chronology, supervision system, workload, clinical response, availability of medicines, and the workplace culture surrounding this incident,” said MGBKI Chairman Budi Iman Santoso during an online press conference attended in Jakarta on Sunday.
MGBKI also rejects all forms of exploitation of medical education participants that lead to excessive workloads, inhumane working hours, assignments without adequate supervision, and neglect of participants’ illness conditions, which constitute governance failures.
“MGBKI rejects victim blaming and intimidation. All efforts to blame the victim, suppress information, threaten education participants, or impose administrative sanctions such as extending the education period for raising workplace safety concerns must be stopped,” stated Budi.
MGBKI also demands legal, ethical, and academic protection for education participants because all healthcare workers are entitled to a safe learning environment, clear clinical supervision, access to healthcare when ill, protection from bullying, and safe reporting channels.
In addition, MGBKI encourages national reform of the internship and clinical education system, as well as a restructuring of the national internship and clinical education system, including limits on working hours, supervision ratios, venue competency standards, incident reporting systems, occupational health guarantees, and periodic evaluation mechanisms.
“MGBKI reminds that medical education is a noble process to shape competent, ethical, and humane doctors. Medical education must not become a system that normalises suffering, extreme fatigue, intimidation, and neglect of participants’ safety,” said Budi.
The death or critical incidents involving young doctors on duty must serve as a turning point for national reform. The state, educational institutions, hospitals, professional organisations, and medical professors must step up to ensure such tragedies do not recur.
“MGBKI will monitor this case academically, ethically, and morally to uphold the dignity of medical science, the safety of education participants, and the future of Indonesia’s healthcare services,” said Budi Iman Santoso.