Wife In Coma For 2 Months Until Paralyzed After Giving Birth, Husband Takes The Legal Option To Sue Hermina Hospital Central Java For IDR 25.8 Billion

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JAKARTA - Hermina Hospital (RS) located on Pandanaran Street, Semarang City, Central Java (Central Java) was sued for IDR 25.8 billion by the patient's family to the Semarang District Court.

Semarang District Court spokesman Eko Budi Supriyanto confirmed this lawsuit when he was confirmed. "It has already entered. The panel of judges will then determine the schedule for the trial," he said as quoted by Antara, Monday, March 8.

The lawsuit was filed by Jevry Christian Harsa. Before entering the main case, the plaintiff and defendant will take the mediation route. From the data from the Semarang District Court Case Tracing Information System, the compensation requested consists of material losses of IDR 8.8 billion and immaterial losses of IDR 17 billion.

Apart from Hermina Hospital, the plaintiff also included a director and a number of doctors as defendants.

The plaintiff's attorney, Iput Presetyo Wibowo, explained that the incident began when a husband and wife from Singorojo, Kendal Regency, Jevry Christian Harsa and Ningrum Danti planned to give birth at Hermina Pandanaran Hospital.

The couple came to have their first child examined in preparation for delivery on May 27, 2020. "The doctor was asked to be hospitalized because he was scheduled to undergo a cesarean section on May 28, 2020," he said.

After undergoing surgery for about an hour, he said, the hospital stated that Ningrum was in an unconscious condition due to a stopped heart. At that time, according to him, the baby in the womb had already been born, but was blue and had difficulty breathing.

The next day, the baby who was only one day old was declared dead without explaining the details of the cause. As for Ningrum, he said, fell into a coma for about two months in the ICU.

"During unconsciousness, patients experience decreased endurance, are unable to move body organs, experience shrinkage of muscle mass, and a slowdown in brain ability," he said.

After two months of being in a coma, Ningrum finally regained consciousness and was transferred to the treatment room, but still in the same condition. On December 31, 2020, he said, the hospital asked the patient to go home because there were no other medical measures that could be done.

"The hospital argues, patients need an atmosphere and therapy that is carried out at home," he said. He added that his client's wife did not have a history of congenital diseases or indications of other dangerous diseases.

The hospital, according to him, was also unwilling to explain the cause of the 23-year-old patient who became paralyzed.

"We have conducted seven mediations. However, the hospital still does not have good faith," he said.