Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin revealed the findings of 632 cases of bullying practices and allegations of illegal levies (extortion) that occurred in specialist doctor education programs (PPDS) from various hospitals and educational institutions in Indonesia.
In a joint working meeting with Commission IX of the DPR, Budi said the findings came from 2,668 complaints received since June 2023 and verified as cases of bullying. The data was collected through an official complaint route as well as an internal audit of the Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Health.
The physical forms of bullying found, such as push-up punishment, eating chili, standing for hours, to drinking raw eggs. All these treatments are often documented and distributed in student WhatsAntun groups.
"Also the most common form of bullying is verbal in the communication group or called Jarkom, yes WA group, such as the use of very, very harsh language that seniors do to juniors," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 30.
In addition to violence, the Ministry of Health found strong indications of systematic extortion practices with a value of hundreds of millions to billions of rupiah. One of the prominent cases was found in a PPDS Anesthesi participant in Semarang, the late R.
According to him, R, who at that time served for three months as treasurer in the special anessation program, managed funds of up to IDR 1.6 billion. Data from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) said the funds later flowed to a number of people.
Non-official financing such as hotel reservations, travel tickets to requests for personal services from seniors or consultants is also a routine complaint of specialist education participants received by the Ministry of Health.
"The funds collected from the students are transferred regularly and partly to certain individuals. We found this in almost all educational centers," said Minister of Health Budi.
These findings not only occurred in the Ministry of Health hospital but also regional public hospitals (RSUD), university-owned educational hospitals and some from the private sector.
The Ministry of Health hospital where the most complaints occurred was received from Prof. Kandou Hospital, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, and Moh. Hoesin Palembang Hospital.
Meanwhile, regional public hospitals from Zainal Abidin Hospital Banda Aceh, Surakarta Hospital, and Dr. Soetomo Hospital in Surabaya were among the most received complaints of bullying.
The University Hospital where there was bullying was also reported with the highest number including the Diponegoro University Hospital Semarang, Indonesian Christian University Hospital, Airlangga University Hospital, Depok University of Indonesia Hospital and Sriwijaya University Hospital Palembang.
"Because this meeting is open to the public, we convey the data," said Budi.
Budi Gunadi ensured that the government would continue to open a complaint room and encourage a comprehensive evaluation process, both for the medical education system and the institutions that oversee it. In fact, responding to the massive complaint, the Ministry of Health has formed a Professional Disciplinary Council as regulated in Articles 304 and 308 of Law Number 17 of 2023 concerning Health, to handle violations of the professional discipline of medical personnel.
"We want to create a healthy and professional educational environment. Every form of bullying and illegal levies cannot be tolerated," he said.
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