SAMARINDA - The East Kalimantan Provincial Health Office (Dinkes) is seriously investigating a case of alleged medical negligence that resulted in a three-month-old baby's hand turning black due to the installation of an infusion device at the Abdul Wahab Sjahranie Samarinda Regional General Hospital (RSUD).
"We are gathering information and investigating the incident, which is clear that this problem must be immediately resolved by the hospital itself," said the Head of the Kaltim Jaya Health Office, Mualimin, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 1.
His party received an initial report from the Rapid Response Team for the Protection of Women and Children regarding the condition of the toddler who had swelling and a change in skin color to black in the area of the infusion injection.
Jaya emphasized that this type of incident is an undesirable event that must be immediately followed up and comprehensively evaluated for the improvement of hospital quality services.
He instructed the hospital management to call the family and report the chronology of the incident transparently to the Health Office as a form of accountability.
"This quick and targeted mitigation step is very necessary to anticipate public dissatisfaction which can lead to summons or ongoing legal demands," said Jaya.
In accordance with the guidelines from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), every community that accesses medical facilities has the right to receive treatment that prioritizes the level of patient safety without causing unwanted effects.
The priority in medical service standards was emphasized by Jaya, namely maintaining quality consistently and ensuring that fatal incidents that threaten patient lives are at zero percent.
The Head of the Health Office also invited all members of the press to help the government monitor the investigation process of this case professionally and proportionally according to the findings of facts in the field.
Previously, a three-month-old baby was allegedly seriously injured and had severe swelling after undergoing muntaber treatment at the Abdul Wahab Sjahranie (AWS) Hospital in Samarinda.
The incident began when the victim's right hand was re-infused in the treatment room on Friday (6/3). The victim's parents, Rafita, said their child's hand was swollen, blistered, and blackened because the infusion fluid was allegedly not entering the blood vessels.
Although the doctor advised plastic surgery, the family refused because they were worried about the risk to the baby who was still very young. Until the family hoped that the AWS Hospital would give full responsibility so that the condition of their baby's hand would recover as before.
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