RSCM told to clean up act

RSCM told to clean up act

Members of the House of Representatives have urged the
management of the state-run Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
(RSCM) to further improve its service to the public, including
the unfriendly attitudes of its personnel.

The House members was commenting to a report from Rakum, an
employee of the City Sanitation Office who complained that he has
been passed off by hospital officials although he had gone and
back forth for four days in search of a bed for his ailing
brother.

The House members also asked the RSCM management to properly
manage the street vendors operating around the hospital as well
as the relatives of the patients who sleep on the floors of the
corridor.

RSCM is one of the country's referral hospitals.

Some 85 percent of its beds are provided to low-income
patients.

During a hearing at the House, RSCM director M. Ahmad
Djojosugito admitted that, besides the shoddy service, many parts
of the building, facilities and equipment have been used for
between five to 10 years.(bsr)