Minister Of Health Claims Health Law Will Improve Services

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated a number of influences from the ratification of the Health Law on improving the health care system in Indonesia.

"From the beginning, focusing on treating it, it became preventive. The government agreed with the DPR on the importance of primary services that prioritize promotive and preventive based on the life cycle," said Budi Gunadi Sadikin at the DPR building, Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 11.

The Ministry of Health strengthens aspects of promotive and preventive services according to the people's life cycle, along with the provision of standardization of primary and laboratory service networks to all corners of the region.

Budi said the Health Law also provides access to health services to be easier by strengthening referral health services, utilizing telemedicine, providing priority services, to international standard national superior services.

"The government agrees with the DPR through the fulfillment of infrastructure, human resources, infrastructure, utilization of telemedicine technology and the collection of national and international standard priority networks," he said.

The Minister of Health said the Health Law opens opportunities for the health industry in the country to grow more independently without relying on foreign capabilities.

To support this, the government strengthens supply chains from upstream to downstream and sets priorities for the use of raw materials and domestic products, to providing incentives to industries that conduct research, development, and production in the country.

Budi said the Health Law presents a more resilient health system during the outbreak by preparing health workers who are ready to be mobilized at any time when a disaster occurs.

In the financing sector, said Budi, it will be more efficient, transparent, and effective through a performance-based budget that refers to the national health program which is a clear guideline for the central and regional governments.

"The government has agreed to implement performance-based budgeting by referring to the national health program issued in the master plan for the health sector as clear guidelines for the center and region," he said.

The Health Law, continued the Minister of Health, accommodates the distribution of health workers to be sufficient and equitable in all regions through accelerating the production and distribution of the number of specialist doctors through the implementation of hospital-based specialist education or collegium based.

"The permit for the practice of health workers is faster, easier and simpler through the issuance of a Registration Certificate (STR) that is valid for life without eliminating the function of quality guarding and competence," he said.

The Minister of Health explained that the Health Law protects health workers who are vulnerable to criminalization, to be specifically protected, both from the risk of violence, harassment, and bullying.

Through the Health Law, the government presents an integrated information system so that it is easier for everyone to access their health data without reducing the guarantee of individual data protection.

"Health technology is at the forefront of the use of genomic or biomedical technology for health services, including precision medical services," he said.