Medicolegal service procedure (Visum ET Repertum) during the covid-19 pandemic

Handar Subhandi Bakhtiar*, Muhammad Basri, Wahyu Nurdiansyah

Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

ABSTRACT

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the crime rate, especially against the human body, has increased. For the sake of law enforcement, one of the services needed to obtain evidence is medicolegal services (visum et repertum). This study uses a qualitative approach, type of research is descriptive, namely research that describes information data based on facts obtained in the field. This study was conducted at the Bhayangkara Raden Said Sukanto Hospital, Jakarta. This study indicates that medicolegal service procedures have changed during the pandemic to adapt to the implementation of health protocols to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The procedure emphasizes arrangements related to the implementation of services with strict health protocol standards from both doctors and patients to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The application of medicolegal services (visum et repertum) from the aspect of service procedures during the pandemic changed procedure. Service procedures continue to follow the procedures before the pandemic through Standard Operating Procedures Number B/46-52/V-VIII/2017/VISUM regarding Standard Operating Procedures, but during the current pandemic, service procedures adjust to the implementation of health protocols to prevent transmission of covid-19 during the pandemic with the issuance of Standard Operating Procedures through letter Number B/01/XI/2020 concerning Medicolegal Examinations in the Era of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The procedure emphasizes arrangements related to the implementation of services with strict health protocol standards from both doctors and patients to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

Keywords:

Medicolegal Service, Procedure, Visum ET Repertum, Covid-19 Pandemic