Nurse At Muhammadiyah Hospital In Palembang, Who Is Pointing His Finger At A 5-year-old Baby Scope, Is Threatened With 5-year-old Prison

Suparman (38), showed a photo of his eight-month-old daughter who was a victim of negligence at a nurse at the Muhammadiyah Hospital in Palembang/ANTARA

PALEMBANG - A nurse at Muhammadiyah Hospital in Palembang, South Sumatra, who became a suspect for his negligence in cutting the baby's finger until it broke, faces up to five years in prison. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Palembang Polrestabes Kompol Haris Dinzah said the threat of punishment was contained in Article 360 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code imposed by investigators on suspect DN. Investigators have obtained witness statements and sufficient evidence, namely the results of the victim's post-mortem, victim's clothes and one medical scissors used by DN nurse. "As of today, around 13.00 WIB, the suspect has been detained in the Palembang Police detention cell," Haris told reporters in Palembang, Antara, Thursday, February 9. The first detention period for the suspect DN lasts for the next 20 days to support the completeness of the police investigation file. Furthermore, after the suspect's file is declared P-21 or complete, the police investigator will transfer it to the prosecutor's office. "The police are moving according to procedures. So far everything has gone smoothly, the suspects are also cooperative," he added. The incident of the baby's finger breaking because of the cut was revealed after the victim's parents made a report to the Palembang Police Integrated Service Center, Saturday, February 4, 2023. Suparman (38), a resident of Jakabaring, Palembang, as the baby girl's parents reported a nurse at Muhammadiyah Hospital with the initials DN for allegedly cutting her child's left finger until it broke off. The move took place when DN treated a fever-intensive victim in a public service care room on Friday, February 3, 2023. From a series of examinations, investigators found elements of negligence and carelessness from the DN nurse while cutting the bandage with medical scissors so that the baby girl's left hand finger was also cut off. Whereas previously the victim's parents had reminded him. As a result, the baby had to undergo surgery on the wound on his finger and was treated intensively in the VIP room of the Muhammadiyah Hospital in Palembang.