Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital
Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital | |
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Government hospital | |
Type | Army hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes (24 hours) |
History | |
Opened | 1819 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.rspadgs.net/en |
Lists | Hospitals in Indonesia |
Gatot Soebroto Central Army Hospital (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Pusat Angkatan Darat Gatot Soebroto, abbreviated as RSPAD Gatot Soebroto) is a military hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia. The name of the hospital is derived from Gatot Soebroto, a National Hero of Indonesia. Established in 1819, the hospital is the main hospital for the Indonesian Army. The hospital also provides limited services for civilians.
History
Dutch Colonial period
The location of the hospital was formerly the country house of
When
The former hospital of VOC, the external hospital (Dutch: buiten hospitaal), which located in what is now Istiqlal Mosque, was the first Groot Militair Hospitaal in Batavia.[3] There were also the Militair Hospitaal Meester Cornelis and Militair Hospitaal Weltevreden (not at the same location with the current Gatot Subroto Army Hospital) which were built in barracks and headed by a non-commissioned officer as managemeester, so in that sense not a true hospital. The number of bed in this hospital was increased from 222 to 400 in 1819.[2]
In 1825 the number of bed was not sufficient any longer due to the increasing number of treated military members as a result of many struggles for independence in various area of Indonesia (Maluku war,
- Six wards, each of 837 feet long.[3]
- Ward for psychiatric patients.
- Ward for officers, each of 112 feet long, linked with a building for office and guards.
- A pharmacy and a residence for the pharmacist
- A bathhouse and a residence for badmeester
- A morgue
- A kitchen and a residence for the chef
- A clothing storage, a porter house and its guard house.
- Stable
Construction of the hospital was slow and assumed to be completed in October 1836.
The militarization of the medicine service occurred for almost a century. In 1911, a civil health service was founded and in 1919, the Centrale Burgelijke Ziekeninrichting (CBZ), the Central Civil Hospital of Batavia, was established (the hospital is now the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital). The old building of the military hospital that is still preserved is currently used as a pharmacy for the RSPAD Gatot Subroto.
Japanese occupation and Indonesian revolution
On 8 March 1942, the KNIL under the leadership of Hein ter Poorten surrendered to the Japanese army under the leadership of Hitoshi Imamura. The military hospital was managed by Imperial Japanese Army as military leader of Java and known as Rikugun Byōin (陸軍病院, lit. "Army hospital").
On 15 August 1945, the Japanese was forced to surrender by the Allies. Sukarno, on 17 August 1945, proclaimed the independence of Indonesia around the archipelago. At that time, the world, especially the Netherlands, has not recognized the independence. The governorship of Indonesia was transferred to Yogyakarta and the Rikugun Byoin was re-managed by KNIL and converted into Militair Geneeskundige Dienst, "Army's Department of Medicine Hospital", more popularly known as Leger Hospitaal Batavia, located in Hospitaal Weg, now Jalan Dr. Abdul Rahman Saleh.
Independence period
After the Netherlands' recognition of Indonesia's independence on December 29, 1949, one of the Dutch military medical installation called Leger Hospital Batavia was handed over to the
Colonel Doctor Suselo Wirjosaputro was the first
Suselo brought new staffs for the hospital. The team was initially housed in the guestroom of female dormitory (currently in RSPAD Gatot Soebroto's medical rehab unit), later moved to the 2nd floor department of obstetrics (now used for academy of midwifery). The preparation went well at first, but later there were frequent issues between both parties. Therefore, the chairman of the Indonesian Department of Health appointed Doctor Satrio to replace Suselo to prepare the handing over.
The ceremony of the handing over of the Militaire Geneeskundige Dienst (Leger Hospitaal Batavia) occurred on 26 July 1950. The Dutch history and tradition of the hospital ended after 114 years (1836 - 1950).
The hospital was then converted into Rumah Sakit Tentara Pusat (RSTP) or "Central Army Hospital", managed by the Department of Medicine of the Central Army. Satrio, head of the RSTP, stayed in his official residence at Jalan Lapangan Banteng Barat No. 32, former house of surgeon Doctor Borgers (on this location now stands the office of the Indonesian Department of Religion).
Old Order period (1950-1966)
As the new head of the hospital, Satrio made sure the existing Dutch nurses were not treated discriminatively. Several Indonesian doctors from the Central General Hospital, as well as new Indonesian graduates, were transferred to the Military Hospital. A nurse school was established in 1951, now the Academy of Nursing and Midwifery.
On March 1, 1952, Satrio gave his position to the new head of the Military Hospital Reksodiwirjo Wijotoardjo. Due to the political and economic condition at the time, not much improvements were done for the hospital. At this time the hospital name was changed from Rumah Sakit Tentara Pusat to Rumah Sakit Pusat Angkatan Darat ("Army Central Hospital").
In 1957, Gatot Soebroto, at the time served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, built workshop facilities for orthopedics, physiotherapy, basketball court, and a dorm. He also moved the existing orthopedic workshops from Dustira Military Hospital, Bandung. This workshop is now a room for psychiatric. Because of his attention to the Army Hospital, Subroto's name was immortalized into the current name of the hospital.
New Order period (1966-1998)
During this period many improvements were made for the hospital. A pavilion where
On 22 October 1970, under decision letter number SKEP-582/X/1970, the name was changed to Rumah Sakit Gatot Soebroto ("Gatot Soebroto Hospital") to honor Gatot Soebroto, the former deputy chief of staff of the army. On 4 August 1977, the hospital was renamed as Rumah Sakit Pusat Angkatan Darat (RSPAD) Gatot Soebroto as part of having uniform title names for RSPAD-operated hospitals.[4]
References
- ISBN 9789793210728.
- ^ a b "Sejarah Perkembangan RS Kepresidenan RSPAD Gatot Soebroto". Rumah Sakit Pusat Angkatan Darat (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Schoute, Dirk (1923). "Het ziekenhuis en zijn geneeskundige staf" [The hospital and its medical staff]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd (in Dutch) (67): 1732–1736.
- ^ Akbar, Rizqi (5 July 2021). Ibnu Sani, Ahmad Faiz (ed.). "Sejarah RSPAD Gatot Soebroto, Rumah Sakitnya Para Pejabat" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 October 2021.