Ganjar Supports Indonesian Medicine To Always Upgrade Science And Services

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo met with emergency room patient Dr. Kariadi Semarang on New Year's Eve Saturday 31 December 2022. (doc. Central Java Provincial Government)

Central Java (Central Java) Governor Ganjar Pranowo supports efforts to improve medical science and health services in facing health challenges in the future.

"Now there is a world of health that must be addressed, namely infectious, non-communicable, and new diseases. So if today many from the medical world always 'enhanced' their knowledge and then always improve their service facilities, the medical world will grow," he said when opening the National Congress of the Indonesian Neurology Specialist Association in Semarang, Central Java, Friday, August 4, confiscated by Antara.

He gave an example, the emergence of a new disease, namely COVID-19, which paralyzed the world's activities for approximately two years.

According to him, from that the doctor's scientific update is the key to how this disease can be overcome, as well as public awareness in practicing a healthy lifestyle.

The governor of Central Java for two periods, said that the scientific increase must also be carried out by neuroscientists or neurologists who are members of Perdosni.

These neurosystem specialists, he continued, must also continue to develop themselves by increasing their knowledge so that they can provide the best handling.

These 'expert and great doctors are now upgrading' their knowledge, updating (renewing) their knowledge so how can they save the better. If then it can be done, some diseases such as strokes which are the highest mortality rates can be handled properly," he said.

Likewise, the distribution of doctors and medical facilities, he said, must be evenly distributed.

Ganjar said that so far the distribution of doctors in Indonesia is not enough and specialist doctors are still lacking, so acceleration is necessary.

The head of Perdosni Dodik Duasworo added that 2,361 neurologs are members of Perdosni which are spread across 29 Perdosni branches throughout Indonesia.

The current neurology education center is still around 14 locations and over time there will be three new places.

"We know how important neurologs will be in the future. Elderly age is increasing. Based on existing data, stroke is at the highest death rate in Indonesia. Not to mention the decline in productivity as we get older," he said.