Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Responsibilities of Type A Mental Hospitals for EscapedPsychiatric Patients During the COVID- 19 Pandemic

Sri Ariani (Unknown)
Herliyani Nor Hidayat (Unknown)
Adilia Bi Maya Antari (Unknown)
MokhamadKhoirul Huda (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 May 2021

Abstract

This study aims to determine the form of responsibility for a mental hospital type A if a patient with a mental disorder (psychiatric patient) escaped from the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Outpatients and inpatients with a mental disorder can escape from the hospital because they have disturbed-awareness. The pandemic conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic are hazardous to contract both patients and doctors, and health workers. There are some problems related to the burden of responsibility to the hospital or inpatient staff to psychiatric patients who escape from the hospital. The study concludes that the responsibility for psychiatric patients who escaped from the hospital includes three parties: the head of the hospital, the attending physician, and the health workers such as nurses.

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