Legal Certainty of Hospital Service Operations During Pandemic Corona Virus Disease 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v16i2.17950Keywords:
hospital, Licensing, Health Workers, Covid-19Abstract
Hospital is health service institution that provides complete individual health services that provide
inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services. In operatingservices the hospital is required to have
permit. Permit is granted if it meets the requirements and standards to ensure the safety of patients,
hospitals and health workers. The quality of hospital services is tested through the accreditation
process,it could not be done during pandemic. Therefore, many policies have been issued, including
the Circular of Health Minister No. HK.02.01/MENKES/455/2020 Year 2020. This circular facilitates
the permitextension but does not givedetail abouthow to maintain the hospitalquality and services.
During pandemic, the surge in Covid patients is not comparable to the hospitalscapabilities that are
different such as in the human resources and the facilities and infrastructure. Many hospitals are full
because they have to treat Corona Virus Disease 2019 patients, a lot of equipment, rooms and beds
must be added, but the health workers that workare limited so that health workers have to work extra to
serve patients that increase every day. This situation can cause physical and mental fatigue which over
time has impact on health services so that negligence can occur. So hospitals need to make protection
standards for health workers in addition to legal responsibility for losses caused by health workers
according to article 46 of the Hospital Law.
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