Short-Notice Invitations Scupper Meeting Over RSUD Prambanan Malpractice Allegations
The case concerning alleged malpractice at RSUD Prambanan remains ongoing. The hospital claims to have sent two invitations to meet with the family of Naura, a three-year-old child who died following a CT scan. However, the patient’s family says the invitations were sent on very short notice, causing the meeting to be cancelled.
The case began when a mother, Anastacia Niken Purwandari (36), a resident of Bantul, reported the person in charge at RSUD Prambanan and a doctor to the Yogyakarta Special Region Police (Polda DIY) for alleged malpractice. Her child died after undergoing a CT scan. The report was filed on 17 May 2026 with report number LP/B/319/V/2026/SPKT/Polda DIY. Niken, accompanied by her legal team, later visited Polda DIY for further investigation.
“This is a follow-up to the initial examination regarding the police report concerning alleged medical negligence as regulated in the Health Law and the Consumer Protection Law,” said one of the victim’s legal team, Purnomo Susanto, when met by reporters at Polda DIY on Tuesday (2/6/2026).
He explained that the case began when his client’s child, Naura Dwi Medita Putri (3), underwent a follow-up examination at RSUD Prambanan on the morning of 27 April 2026. The examination was a follow-up to one conducted in March 2026 after Naura received a tiered referral, starting from a Posyandu, a clinic, and finally to RSUD Prambanan. During a check-up on 27 March, the child’s head circumference remained at 46 centimetres and was still considered below average for her age. The doctor diagnosed the child with microcephaly and recommended a CT scan.
Before the CT scan procedure, the hospital administered sedation to calm the child. According to information received, the child received three sedative injections before the CT scan proceeded. After the CT scan, the child experienced seizures and vomited blood. Medical staff immediately moved the child to the ICU, but her life could not be saved.
RSUD Prambanan stated that it had conducted an internal medical audit regarding the malpractice allegations. The internal audit results stated that there was no element of medical negligence. “Currently, the doctor has undergone internal and external medical audits, with the result stating there was no medical negligence,” said RSUD Prambanan Director drg Ratih Susila when contacted by reporters on Wednesday (10/6/2026).
Ratih explained that all medical actions performed during the CT scan process were in accordance with procedures. This also addressed questions from the patient’s family’s legal counsel who questioned the insertion of an ETT tube or breathing tube into the patient. “Yes, in our audit results, the actions taken were in accordance with procedures,” she clarified.
Regarding the legal process, Ratih said that this week the police summoned the doctor who handled the patient. “This week the doctor was summoned to Polda DIY for examination. Today the process is underway at Polda DIY,” she said.
RSUD Prambanan also stated that it had invited the patient’s family to meet. The meeting was intended to provide a medical explanation and a copy of the medical records. Responding to the family’s request for access to medical records, Director drg Ratih Susila said the hospital had invited the family and their legal counsel twice. “We have invited the family and legal counsel twice to provide a medical explanation, and of course the family can take a copy of the medical records. However, the family stated they were unable to attend the hospital,” said Ratih when contacted on Wednesday (10/6/2026). She emphasised that the hospital would be open to providing a medical explanation if the patient’s family came and requested it.
The patient’s family’s legal counsel, Purnomo Susanto, confirmed that they had received two invitations from the hospital. However, he considered the notice period given to attend the invitations was too short. “Indeed, the Head of the Legal Division of the Sleman Regency Government conveyed to us that the hospital wanted to provide an explanation. Two invitations were sent to us, but the invitations were always on very short notice,” said Purnomo when contacted on Thursday (11/6/2026).
Purnomo said the first invitation from the Director of RSUD Prambanan was sent on Monday, 18 May 2026, for a meeting at the Bima Hall of RSUD Prambanan. For the first invitation, they had already responded to their absence via a written letter sent through a WhatsApp message to the hospital’s public relations department. The second invitation was received on 1 June 2026 at around 11.39 WIB, with the agenda being an explanation to the family to be delivered by the responsible doctor on Monday, 1 June 2026, at 15.00 WIB. “Regarding the second invitation, we have conveyed our inability to attend through our client to the Public Relations department of RSUD Prambanan,” he said.
Due to the sudden invitations and the short notice, he felt as though the family was being toyed with by the hospital. “We assess that the victim’s family is being treated unethically, as if they are being played with. On 16 May 2026, without any explanation when their daughter died, and then being invited at the whim of the Director of RSUD Prambanan. In the second invitation, the invitation was sent at 11.39 WIB and the meeting was at 15.00 WIB. Shouldn’t RSUD be serving, not being served?” he said. As of now, he admitted they have not received another invitation from RSUD Prambanan. However, the hospital has requested that the patient’s family make time available so the hospital can provide a medical explanation. Purnomo said this request is currently under consideration.