South Sulawesi Police Investigates Makassar Ambulance Driver's Motive Who Went Viral, Reasoning There Was No Escort Until The Baby Died

South Sulawesi Police/DOC VOI

MAKASSAR - The South Sulawesi Police developed a viral video case on social media regarding a baby dying in an ambulance uploaded by an ambulance driver who stated that the road was not opened because there was no escort.

"We will redevelop what the motive for the ambulance driver was to make viral the video," said Head of Public Relations of the South Sulawesi Regional Police Grand Commissioner Komang Suartana when the case was released at the Makassar Polrestabes quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 19.

The viral video has been handled by the South Sulawesi Police and will conduct an examination of the witnesses related to the incident.

"The police will carry out an examination, what is viral, because he (the ambulance driver) feels blocked or maybe there is something that makes the police dislike that, we have to look again at it," continued Komang.

Grand Commissioner Komang regretted that the family did not use an ambulance equipped with medical equipment in the car like an ambulance should. If there is an emergency or emergency victim, treatment and early prevention can be immediately carried out in the ambulance and then taken to the nearest hospital.

"If we look at the route taken (the ambulance) there are several large hospitals that are passed. Due to the critical condition of the child, he died in the middle of the road," he said.

If you look at the video, Grand Commissioner Komang said, the road conditions are empty, and road users and motorists are even given priority. But it's mentioned in the video being congested.

"Here we need to clarify that the police provide services to the community, whether victims of accidents or illness or corpses," said Komang.

In addition, according to the Traffic Law Number 22 Year 2009 Article 134, priority is given to several categories of vehicles, first ambulance, second fire engine, third presidential vehicle, and ambassador vehicle.

The service is provided by sounding the siren and turning on the rotator according to the socialization of the law. If there is an ambulance passing by carrying a patient or victim, the driver must automatically open a road for the ambulance to pass.

Previously, the video recorded by the ambulance driver went viral on social media. In the video recording, the ambulance driver said that the road was not opened, so the patient he brought to the Daya Regional General Hospital (RSUD) eventually died on the road in an ambulance.

The ambulance route carrying the critical patient was from Talasalapang, Sultan Alauddin Street to RSUD Daya on Perintis Kemerdekaan Street.