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Text your say: Coins for Prita Mulyasari
Your comments on the large number of people who participate in a coin collection for Prita Mulyasari, who is required to pay Rp 204 million (US$21,400) by court to a hospital for emailing her complaint about the poor services of the hospital to her friends
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our comments on the large number of people who participate in a coin collection for Prita Mulyasari, who is required to pay Rp 204 million (US$21,400) by court to a hospital for emailing her complaint about the poor services of the hospital to her friends.
So many people from all walks of life are participating in this movement, because they have had enough of the so-called "justice" being meted out to ordinary people like Prita, who don't have tons of money at their disposal to bribe the police or prosecutors and judges.
V.T. Hopkins
Jakarta
The support for Prita through coin collection will further damage the reputation of Omni Hospital.
Dimas Aji
Balikpapan, East Kalimantan
We would like to say that Prita's matter should never have been heard in a court. Prita and the defense team only wanted the hospital and the doctors who treated her to confirm her innocence.
It should have been heard by medical staff who could have corrected what went wrong, and apologized profusely to your patient.
Instead your methods of handling a patient, who you depend on, has been grossly negligent three times, first by misdiagnosis, second by taking legal action, third by failing to correct the previous mistakes.
It is sad that so many countries are having problems in hospitals (we in Australia do too), but they fail to appreciate that covering up is not the way to manage these situations. Unfortunately when a hospital is run like a corporation, the dollar comes first, and that is not in a patient's best interests.
Jon Vance
Australia
From the very beginning Omni's legal team has unfortunately, erroneously handled the Prita Mulyasari case. They have tarnished Omni's image considerably.
They should have complied with Prita's request when she asked for an explanation from this hospital. Any patient at any hospital in this country deserves the right to ask for and get a medical explanation.
Although I have never been hospitalized in this country, I do visit a South Jakarta hospital if I feel feverish (my fear of bird-flu or swine-flu) or in case of any physical inconvenience and the doctors there have always complied with my request and have explained in detail what I wanted to know. Why is Omni reluctant to do so?
It is amazing that Rp 400 million to support Prita was collected in such a relatively short time.
Even trash pickers donated part of their meager income to help Prita. They have my full respect. Let this case be a lesson for hospitals in this country. Doctors - please don't forget - you all took an oath when you graduated, you promised to save lives and also promised to offer medical assistance to any sick or injured person regardless of their financial status.
Lynna
Bogor, West Java
I think Prita is not an innocent woman. I saw that she likes to cry and look sad, acting as a desperate mother in front of the press, but the negotiations between her and the hospital to reach an agreement have been very difficult and complicated.
That means she is not easy to compromise with. I've worked in a big hospital, and I knew many kinds of patients. Some patients were very kind and very appreciative of our jobs, some were cooperative, but there were some who were very critical and always looking for the bad side.
They didn't appreciate our knowledge as medical workers. They seem to know better than us, these kinds of patients we regard as "terrorist type". With my experience as a medical worker, maybe Prita is a person who can be grouped with terrorist type patients.
Because the relation between doctor and patient should be built by trusting each other and if she had a problem, there is a customer service section that can help to solve the problem.
Tami
Jakarta
The coins support for Prita reflects the contributors' solidarity to her pain because of unjust act by the court as well as showing to the court institutions that they stand behind Prita and those who may be victim of similar cases.
Marpaung Darwin
Jakarta
I think it's fantastic that people are helping Prita. She should be able to email what she wants, whenever she wants, to whoever she wants - that's her choice.
If we eat out and have a bad meal/experience, we tell our friends. Will the court order us then to pay the restaurant?
No, if we tell the restaurant manager, they should try to improve and take it as constructive criticism and do something about it.
The hospital should do the same and try to improve their service instead of wasting the court's valuable time! It's unbelievable that she was made to pay the money to the hospital!
The people recognize that there is something wrong in the system, and in their own way are showing that they disagree with what has occurred! If everyone who complained by email (or any other medium) had to pay out it would be a disastrous situation!
Nashida Islam Bonnier
Jakarta
I think these people want to show the court that while they are powerless in front of the law, they still can stand united to help this unjustly sentenced housewife.
Ironic, really, that the law discriminates against those who should otherwise be protected.
Petrus Bosa Layarda
Jakarta
The outpouring of sympathy for Prita is proof that we Indonesians still care for our fellow victims of judicial injustice. But where is her highly esteemed excellency the minister of women's affairs? Hasn't she left her hairdresser yet?
Hadi
Surabaya
