Construction Progress Of Sanglah Hospital Denpasar Reaches 61 Percent, Hutama Karya Is Optimistic To Be Completed Next Year

Sanglah Hospital Denpasar. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - PT Hutama Karya (Persero) or HK continues to accelerate the acceleration of all its projects, one of which is the construction of the Sanglah Central General Hospital Aesthetic Center (RSUP) Building in Denpasar, Bali.

The construction has reached 61.65 percent. This progress is 8.7 percent faster than the initial plan of 52.92 percent.

"If you look at the progress of positive work, the use of construction digitization such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) 360 levels 7D, and resource support of approximately 260 people, the project can be completed according to target or even faster," said Executive Vice President (EVP) Corporate Secretary Hutama Karya Tjahjo Purnomo quoted from Hutama Karya's official website, Friday, November 10.

Tjahjo said this project had started in November 2022 with a project investment value of IDR 197 billion.

Funding for the project comes from a collaboration between Indonesia and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), aiming to improve maternal and child services in 6 vertical hospitals in Indonesia.

The scope of Hutama Karya's work includes preparation work, architecture, structure, mechanics, electricity, depletion, to site development.

This project has an area of about 21,341 square meters consisting of 5 floors and 1 window. When completed, it can increase the hospital's hospitalization capacity by 139 ICU beds and 170 non-ICU beds.

"This will further strengthen the role of the hospital Prof. Dr. IGNG Rs Ngoerah as the largest referral hospital in the Bali and Nusa Tenggara regions," said Tjahjo.

In addition to implementing construction digitization, said Tjahjo, other acceleration efforts are also carried out such as carrying out simultaneous work. Then, focus on facade work or exterior buildings that have the highest level of work difficulties, as well as settlements in work areas that contribute significant progress.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Health Services at the Directorate General of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Azhar Jaya hopes that all vertical hospitals that are currently being built will prioritize the comfort aspect.

"On the direction of the Minister of Health (Budi Gunadi) for public areas, such as lobbying, corridors, and waiting rooms, it is as comfortable as possible as private hospitals," he said.

For your information, this hospital began construction in 1956 and was inaugurated on December 30, 1959 with a capacity of 150 beds. In 1962, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University as a Education Hospital.

Then, in 1978 he became a type B educational hospital and as the Biggest Referral Hospital in Bali. In addition, seeing the high mortality rate of mother and child, Prof. Dr. IGNG.

Ngoerah also innovates or carries the construction of a mother and child health service building as an effort to reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality rates.