PPDS Anesthesia Undip Will Be Reopened After 2 Months Closed Due To Aulia Risma's Death

The Chancellor of Diponegoro University Semarang Suharnomo. (ANTARA/Zuhdiar Laeis)

The Chancellor of Diponegoro University Semarang Suharnomo said the Anestesi Specialist Doctors Education Program (PPDS) would soon reopen after being closed for two months.

"There is already an MoU (a memorandum of understanding). I have signed with the Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health), with Dr. Kariadi Hospital, witnessed by the Director General of the Ministry of Health and also from the Ministry of Education and Culture," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, October 10.

PPDS Anesthesi Undip learning activity at Dr. Kariadi Hospital Semarang was temporarily closed by the Ministry of Health as a result of the death of one of the PPDS students, namely doctor Aulia Risma Lestari.

In the memorandum of understanding, he said, there have been several agreements between Undip and Dr. Kariadi Hospital because there are several things in the system that need to be improved when PPDS is re-anessed, after being dismissed since last August 14.

"I think these improvements are in detail, because this involves people's lives. So, how do the rest arrangements have to be right, then shift, change time, and everything is very detailed," he said.

He explained that many hospitals are needed, so Undip also plans to collaborate with other hospitals (RS), apart from Dr. Kariadi Hospital.

"Alhamdulillah, this has a lesson, there is a blessing, that our governance is getting better and not everyone has to build up at Dr. Kariadi Hospital. We can spread it to other hospitals, which both need," he said.

Regarding the case of the death of a PPDS student Anesthesi Undip, it turns out that it also has an impact on the practice or clinical activity of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Undip at Dr. Kariadi Hospital Semarang which was temporarily suspended.

However, Suharnomo confirmed that the Dean of FK Undip, Doctor Yan Wisnu Prajoko, had started to return to practice at Dr. Kariadi Hospital Semarang as of October 1.

"Mr. Yan (Dekan FK Undip, ed) himself has returned to practice as of October 1, 2024. So, actually it is very okay. Hopefully in the very near future, maybe this week hopefully it can be reopened," he said.

He said the incident that occurred at PPDS Anesthesi Undip could be a big momentum for all universities that have PPDS so that there will be no more bullying or illegal levies.

For Undip, he said, strict sanctions have actually been regulated and applied to anyone who is proven to have committed a violation.

"Actually, all this time (at Undip, ed.) it's been running too, we just emphasized it more at first. The sanctions have been in-DO (Drop Out). (sanctions, ed) Variate, depending on the mistakes made," he said.