Abstract

Accusations of hospitals that have taken Indiscipline’s actions on Covid-19 cases have many comments that’s appeared on social media like Twitter with the hashtag #BongkarMafiaCovidRS which reached 5,700 tweets. This study aims to examine the accusations of this issue, how the issue started and how to dismiss it. This research is a qualitative research using literature method. To complement the results of this study, the researcher also conducted interviews with several informants from medical personnel who worked in the hospital. Does the issue of coviding patients make the hospital's image worse? How is the hospital able to maintain the image of the hospital as a good health service facility amid accusations of coviding patients? The results of this study indicate that the developing issue is not based on facts, the hospital has clear SOPs and guidelines in carrying out covid-19 patient care. The hospital also conducts and implements customer communication to patients and patients' families before the procedure so that patients and families are well educated. Implementation of customer communication is one of the strategies that are believed to be able to maintain the hospital image and ward off accusations of the issue of coviding patients.

Highlights

  • The Indonesian people, even parts of the world, are overwhelmed in the face of the Coronavirus Disease -19 (COVID-19) pandemic

  • The Indonesian people who are currently being hit by the Covid-19 outbreak continue to need information about health, especially regarding the handling and development of Covid-19 in Indonesia

  • Many parties regret that the emergence of this issue came out of a state actor, and it has had a tremendous impact on health workers in hospitals who have worked hard and struggled in this covid-19 delivery

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Introduction

The Indonesian people, even parts of the world, are overwhelmed in the face of the Coronavirus Disease -19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The disease, which is transmitted by the corona virus, has been declared a pandemic by the world health organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, and is a threat to all countries in the world. In the Indonesian state, cases of Covid-19 that were confirmed positive continue to creep up, and this number is increasing. No wonder the central and local governments have made many efforts to stop the progress of the COVID-19 case. Large-Scale Social Restriction Program (PSBB) through the Minister of Health Regulation Number 9 of 2020 dated April 3, 2020, the Government has designated 132 hospitals to become hospitals.

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