Man With Mental Disorder In Duren Sawit Goes Berserk, Shouts Asking For Ambulance Call

Man with mental disorder wearing an orange T-shirts/Photo: SPC

JAKARTA - A man with a mental disorder (ODGJ) with the initials JS suddenly went berserk on Perumnas Raya Street, Malaka Sari, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta. JS's actions had provoked the attention of residents passing around him.

Based on Yadi's confession (31), an eye witness to the incident, he was surprised when he was buying cigarettes at a roadside shop. He saw that ODGJ was raging.

He conveyed that the ODGJ went berserk and rebelled from the grip of a number of men who tried to secure him.

"When I bought cigarettes, I saw that man (JS) raging while rebeling when he was held by two men. When I asked them, they said he has mental disorder" he told reporters, Thursday, July 20.

A man with mental disorder wears an orange shirt/Photo: SPC

Yadi said JS went berserk while shouting and trying to escape from the grip of two people at the location. Yadi revealed, JS screamed for help and called the ambulance around him.

"When he went berserk, the ODGJ shouted 'call an ambulance, call an ambulance'. The ODGJ also shouted that he was crazy," he said.

Meanwhile, based on the information gathered, JS is a resident of Buaran II and domiciled not far from where he went on a rampage.

When secured, JS was immediately helped to be rushed to the Duren Sawit Mental Hospital by members of the Duren Sawit Police. JS's family who were at the location immediately took care of JS to the hospital. While the case is handled by the East Jakarta Social Sub-dept.