Jakarta, April 9 -- The Ministry of Health addressed the sexual harassment case at Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS) Bandung, allegedly involving a doctor enrolled in the Specialist Doctor Education Program (PPDS) at Padjajaran University and targeting a patient's attendant.

"We have imposed strict sanctions in the form of prohibiting the student from continuing his lifelong residency at RSHS, and we have returned him to the university. The matter of further punishment comes under the authority of the university," the ministry's Director General of Advanced Health, Azhar Jaya, noted in a statement on Wednesday.

Jaya elaborated that Padjadjaran University (Unpad) and RSHS Bandung received a report of sexual violence allegedly committed by a ...