The Perak State Health Department (JKN) has established an Internal Investigation Committee to probe allegations that a doctor was assaulted by a male assistant medical officer at Gerik Hospital last June.
Perak JKN Director Dr. Feisul Idzwan Mustapha stated that the investigation conducted by the committee found the doctor’s complaint to be valid.
“An internal investigation committee was established on June 4, and the investigation was carried out on June 12. The results of the investigation found the complaint to be valid.
“Following this, the director of Gerik Hospital issued a warning letter to the officer involved on July 31. A letter notifying the findings of the internal investigation was sent to the complainant, Dr. Aidid Nawawi Ghazali, on August 1,” he said in a statement issued by the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Feisul said the Perak JKN had also contacted the complainant and offered counseling services. Additionally, an independent investigation committee was established to address the incident.
He stated that the MOH takes any act of bullying or violence seriously and practices zero tolerance for any form of workplace violence.
He explained that the MOH, through the Perak JKN, acknowledged a social media post made by an individual named Aidid Nawawi Ghazali regarding an incident that occurred while he was on duty at Gerik Hospital, in addition to the complaint lodged on June 4.
Recently, a Facebook user named Aidid Nawawi Ghazali, through a post titled “A Story From A Workplace Survivor Of Abuse,” claimed he was assaulted nine times—seven blows to the back and two to the back of the head—by a male assistant medical officer.
The doctor alleged that the incident occurred while he was treating a female patient who had been injured in an attack, with the patient’s modesty exposed.
