Central Java - The Head of Public Relations of the Central Java Police, Kombes Iqbal Alqudusy, explained that the commotion between the families of COVID-19 patients and employees of the Gunawan Mangunkusumo Hospital Ambarawa, Semarang Regency, Central Java. The cause of the commotion was just a misunderstanding.
There was no stabbing of the health officer of Gunawan Mangunkusumo Hospital in that incident.
"What happened was a commotion between the families of patients who died from COVID-19 and security officers and hospital health workers," he said in a press release in Semarang, Antara, Saturday, July 24.
He explained that the incident began when the family of a COVID-19 patient with the initials NH was declared dead on Friday, July 23 yesterday.
The family, he said, asked for a photo of the victim's body using a cell phone because the process of recirculating the corpse uses the COVID-19 protocol.
"The request was fulfilled by the health officer while providing education about the protocol for the relocation of corpses," he said.
Not long after, a man with the initials NAS who was a relative of the patient came and asked for a photo of the deceased's body.
NAS who arrived late was suspected of having misunderstood the information so that he was involved in a commotion with one of the security officers. At that time, the NAS held a pair of scissors which he then stabbed into the table.
Security officers and hospital health workers tried to grab the scissors that were in NAS's hands until they finally broke and caused injuries to his hands.
"So no health workers were injured in the incident," he said.
The incident, he continued, has been handled by the Semarang Police. He added that there was no report to the police from the hospital regarding the incident. Iqbal appealed to the public not to be provoked by information that was not yet clear.
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