Legal Protection for Patients in Medical Services at Bhayangkara Hospital Makassar

Angeline Sutjianto

Abstract


Abstract. Hospitals play a role in supporting public health. Hospitals are required to provide standard medical services to patients as recipients of health services. Medical services provided in hospitals do not always provide the expected results, sometimes negligence occurs that is detrimental to the patient. Therefore, legal protection is needed for patients in hospitals. This study aims to determine how the practice of legal protection for patients in medical services at the Bhayangkara Hospital Makassar, and to determine the form of responsibility of the Hospital in providing medical services to patients at the Bhayangkara Hospital Makassar. This research method is a type of empirical legal research with analytical descriptive research specifications. This study will see directly how the policies, rules and conditions in the hospital are related to legal protection for patients. The results of the study show that legal protection for patients in medical services at the Bhayangkara Hospital Makassar consists of preventive and repressive legal protection. Preventive legal protection includes completeness of administration, surveillance, implementation of Patient Safety Standards, Enforcement of Standard Operating Procedures, Education on Patient Rights and Obligations, Complaint services, and the existence of a Professional Committee and a Legal and Ethics Complaints Committee. Repressive legal protection includes fines, compensation or criminal penalties. The form of responsibility of the Hospital in providing medical services to patients includes professional ethical responsibility, administrative legal responsibility, civil legal responsibility, and criminal legal responsibility.

Keywords: Hospital; Patients; Protection; Responsibility.


Keywords


Keywords: Hospital; Patients; Protection; Responsibility.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30659/rlj.4.1.443-465

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