Wednesday (23/11), the Center for Medical Bioethics and Humanities held the Raboan Discussion Forum. The topic raised was Humanist Education. The speaker for this discussion was dr. C.B. Mulyatno, Pr. and moderated by Noviyanti Fahdilla, S. Tr.Keb, MPH.

Experimental School is a school that focuses on human and experience. The core of the school built by YB Mangunwijaya is the development of the character of solidarity. The reason is because Indonesian society is plural, so it has religious riches such as respecting, celebrating, and giving meaning to life. So far, education in Indonesia has only prioritized by the value of rivalry through the ranking. That’s why, YB Mangunwijaya want to create a happy school and every student was involved in self-development.

Students were invited to make some agreement like classroom rules, so we let the children to contribute. Thus the class becomes an exploratory space. An integral aspect of the experimental school is children get the value from the activities that they do, so children can express it by understanding the meaning of sharing, empathy and friendship.

Mangunan experimental school is a school that has a basic education system by developing children’s creativity. The main goal of the experimental school is the ability to value and live life. According to YB Mangunwijaya, the meaning of school is convivium (learning community), which is a place to interact with teachers, students, parents, and the community. The experimental school didn’t use any fences because they thought that children can directly interact with the people around the school.

There are 7 basic modalities applied by experimental schools:

1. Have good mental and spiritual character.
2. Understanding the language so they can express themselves in a polite communication.
3. Independent, honest, critical, and creative
4. Able to understand and appreciate useful items in life.
5. Like to help someone and doing good.
6. Respect each other and work together to keep the environment in a good term.
7. Physically and spiritually healthy

Wednesday (09/11), the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities again held the Raboan Discussion Forum. The topic discussed at this event was the Ethical Perspective of Medical Personnel on the Crisis of Personal Protective Equipment at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dr explained this topic. Paramita Sari M.Sc, Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Nahdalatul Ulama University in Surabaya and also an Alumni of the UGM Bioethics Masters Study Program. Meanwhile, acting as moderator is Desy Putri Ratnasari, S.Si, M.Si.

The Covid-19 pandemic in Hubei, China, spread quickly and resulted in high morbidity and mortality rates. According to Dr. Paramita, this is a new challenge for medical personnel, especially at the forefront of health facilities. Health systems in various countries, including Indonesia, are not ready to face the Covid-19 Pandemic.

At the beginning of the spread of Covid-19, medical workers faced the problem of a shortage of logistics for personal protective equipment (PPE) even though tools such as masks, gloves, hand sanitizers, and so on are urgently needed so that health workers are not infected with Covid-19.

“Covid-19 spreads rapidly with high morbidity and mortality rates, while the readiness of personal protective equipment at the start of the pandemic was not close and is said to be in a crisis condition.” Dr. Paramita said.

Many ethical dilemmas were faced by medical personnel at that time. Medical personnel should save patients during a crisis for personal protective equipment. Limited personal protective equipment makes the risk of contracting Covid-19 even higher.

Even though the principle is that medical personnel must save themselves before helping others. Before meeting the patient, personal protective equipment is a mandatory requirement to help patients who need help and care.