Jakarta –
The Indonesian Ministry of Health announced that there were 91 reports of cases of bullying that occurred in specialist medical education environments. The number of reports was recorded within a month after the Minister of Health’s instructions regarding bullying were issued.
In connection with the bullying case, the Ministry of Health has given punishment in the form of a warning to three hospitals under the Ministry of Health. The three hospitals are Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, and Adam Malik Hospital.
The form of bullying that occurs in the hospital environment is in the form of asking for fees outside of the educational needs of specialist doctors to providing hours of guard with a duration that is considered unreasonable.
The Ministry of Health through the Director General of Health Services of the Indonesian Ministry of Health Dr. Azhar Jaya said that his party would seriously handle the problem of bullying that occurs in the hospital environment. Dr. Azhar also asked victims not to be afraid to report if they experienced or saw acts of bullying.
“In the future we will continue to expand the reporting channel to make it easier for students or anyone who feels bullied while in the ministry of health or education hospital to continue to report to us,” said Dr. Azhar in a press conference, Thursday (18/8/2023).
Furthermore, he ensures that victims who want to report bullying will not receive punishment from the agency.
“Don’t be afraid because we will protect and will follow up every reported case seriously,” he continued.
“So no reporters have been issued, or suspended or so on. Because we are sure that the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology will also support it because this is good for everyone,” said Dr. Azhar.
The Beginning of Bullying Revealed: Starting with a Viral Video on Tiktok
Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin explained, the findings of this bullying case started from a viral video showing a health worker providing services roughly to patients. After being investigated, it was discovered that the health worker was experiencing stress due to the workload she experienced while studying at the hospital.
“There is a tick about at the hospital in Adam Malik, that there are doctors who provide very bad and rude services to patients,” said Minister of Health Budi at the same event.
“After we checked, it turned out that the person in question was a specialist medical student who was then stressed because he was getting treatment and also working hours that were very far outside the normal range,” he continued.
Minister of Health Budi said that finally his party held discussions with many doctors participating in specialist education. It was revealed that almost 100 percent of the participants in the discussion experienced something similar.
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2023-08-19 22:00:41
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