The Government's Legal Responsibility in Fulfilling Personal Protective Equipment for Doctors during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Abstract

The high rate of Covid-19 infection that occurs today requires the fulfillment of health facilities for doctors and health workers, especially Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in handling patients during the Covid-19 pandemic. PPE shortages were widely reported in some health care facilities in various regions. Not only in privately owned health service facilities, government hospitals and community health centers are also not spared from experiencing limited PPE. This Study discusses how the Government's Legal Responsibility Arrangements in Fulfilling PPE for Doctors amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic. This study used normative legal as its research method. The results of this study indicated that there are no specific arrangements that regulate the government's responsibility in providing PPE for Doctors during the Covid-19 period. The government's responsibility for providing PPE for Doctors amidst the covid-19 period was a form of main responsibility. But it was still not done well. Ideally, the government’s responsibility in fulfilling physicians’ rights to health has emerged in accordance with the standards set by WHO in the form of providing appropriate personal protective equipment. It was important to Special monitoring is needed regarding the availability of existing PPE in the form of quantity and quality so that the safety and health rights of doctors can be fulfilled.