No excuse for
No excuse for
malpractice
Hospitals and doctors guilty of malpractice must be answerable
to their patients, head of the Indonesian Police Force Physicians
and Health Board, Brig. Gen. Hendro Satmoko, said here yesterday.
Speaking at the 28th anniversary of the Kramat Jati Police
Hospital in East Jakarta, Hendro said, "even though most cases of
malpractice occur by accident, the hospital or doctor in charge
should still be held accountable."
He explained that in this era of globalization, the doctor-
patient relationship is no longer paternalistic, where curative
measures are at the complete discretion of the doctor.
People are now more consciousness towards health matters and
demand better care from hospitals, he asserted.
Hendro further added that the police hospital must prepare
itself to deal with the various new forms of infractions brought
as a result of technological developments and globalization.
At the celebration, Hendro awarded the Narraya medal to five
medical officers for their 24 years of service. (mds)
No arrests during
badminton matches
Police made no arrests during the recently completed 12-day
world men's and women's badminton championships, surprising
considering the unruly displays of behavior at Saturday's Thomas
Cup final.
Overzealous supporters of the Indonesian team got carried away
with themselves and threw plastic bottles at the Malaysian
players and officials in the closing minutes of the third match.
"Thank God nobody was arrested," City Police spokesman Lt.
Col. A. Latief Rabar told reporters yesterday.
"We couldn't identify the people who threw the bottles amid
such mayhem," Latief quoted Col. Muhantojo, an official assigned
to maintain security at the event, as saying.
A total of 400 city police officers and military personnel
were assigned to lend a semblance of law and order at badminton's
most prestigious team competition.
The organizers estimated that over 12,000 spectators were on
hand for Saturday's match, well over the 9,500 seat capacity.
(bsr)
Girl missing
for two months
A 14-year-old girl from a remote village in Demak, Central
Java, has been reported missing here for nearly two months.
Jumiaty, who has black straight hair, reportedly arrived at
the Pulo Gadung bus terminal in East Jakarta at around 4 p.m. on
March 26. She was supposed to go to her relative's house in
Bogor, but never got there.
"She was wearing a red T-shirt and dark-colored trousers,"
Sumeri, a relative of the girl, said here yesterday.
He quoted several witnesses at the terminal as saying that
they saw such a girl riding an ojek (motorcycle taxi) during the
evening. However, that was the extent of their information.
Sumeri said that Jumiaty's parents in Demak had told him that
she was planning to work as a housemaid here.
He urged anyone who might have seen Jumiaty to report to the
police or to him personally at the Police Mobile Brigade housing
complex in Kelapa Dua, Cimanggis, Bogor.
According to Sumeri, Jumiaty had visited his house once
before.
"She probably forgot the way here," he said. (bsr)