1 Mental Disorder Patient Who Had Run Away From The Makassar Hospital Is Known To Work As A Daily Laborer

Patients are being treated in the Dadi Special Hospital (RSKD) of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government in Makassar, South Sulawesi. BETWEEN/HO/ Documentation Articles.

Five of the seven patients with Mental Disorders (ODGJ) who were being treated on the road at the Dadi Special Hospital (RSKD) Makassar, South Sulawesi finally returned. "Actually, these seven patients did not escape, but only left the hospital without permission. Indeed, there were two, who did not return, but five patients have returned. Actually, they have gradually recovered," said Head of Nursing at the South Sulawesi Provincial Government Hospital Abdul Malik at the local hospital, Antara, Friday, January 13. The two patients who left the hospital were Ikhsan and Agung Prasetyo. Both of them came from Bone Regency and have started to wake up. Likewise, five other ODGJ patients are ready to be taken by their families. "Agung has returned to his family's house, information that his family has worked as a daily worker. Meanwhile, Ikhsan has not received any news, it has not been found for three days. Because it has not been obtained, we reported it to the Mamajang Police on the 12th yesterday to jointly search", said Malik. For the other five patients who left the hospital, it was known that they only returned to their respective families' homes because they were residents of Makassar and had never been visited by their families for a long time. In addition, these patients have indeed been released into open spaces and are not locked up in rooms for outpatient treatment. However, without permission to go to his house in the Makassar City area. "The five patients were fit (to recover) they only returned to their families' homes because they were restless and were not visited for two weeks. Then, they went to their respective homes, but they still came back. Indeed, we visited our patients once a week," he said. When asked if it was true that the two of them left the RSKD by destroying the facilities, he confirmed. They damaged the back bathroom and then left the hospital without permission. However, the facility has been repaired. "Yes, it is true (it was damaged), the back bathroom, Iksan and Agung Prasetyo. They then left without permission to the officers. But it has been repaired," he said. Regarding the incident, said Malik, the RSKD management will increase supervision of the patients so that the incident does not repeat itself.