RULES-RAISED ETHICAL ISSUES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Gunawan Widjaja, Hotmaria Hertawaty Sijabat.

Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia has raised ethical issues, either bioethical or public health issues. Bioethical issues are issues concerning patients' treatments; meanwhile, public health ethics issues dealt with preventing Covid-19 Pandemic from spreading. This research aimed to discuss bioethics and public health ethics issues experienced by Indonesia during Covid-19 Pandemic. This research used secondary data with a descriptive-analytical approach to explaining Indonesia's phenomena during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Facts showed that although Indonesia has issued several regulations to prevent the spreading of Covid-19, many ethical issues were not resolved. The researcher found many bioethical and public health ethics issues experienced by Indonesia in handling and overcoming Covid-19 Pandemic. The result and analysis confirmed that most regulations were not issued in line, aiming to reduce morbidity and mortality, besides bioethics and public health ethics principles were not consistently used. Balancing over public and individuals' interests and prioritization was not attended. These phenomena have made the number of morbidity and mortality rate kept increasing.