Health Facility Distribution Is the Key to Community Quality of Life

JAKARTA - Access to fast and accurate health services is one of the important factors in maintaining quality of life. Laboratory examinations play a major role in helping medical personnel to determine the diagnosis correctly from an early stage.

Unfortunately, in some areas, access to further examinations is still uneven so that people often have to go far to get the services they need.

This condition is beginning to change with the presence of Ratulangi Medical Center (RMC) which officially launched a strategic collaboration with Innoquest Laboratory.

The presence of this international standard service is expected to help the people of Makassar and eastern Indonesia to obtain examination results faster, more accurate, and more reliable without having to travel to other cities. In this way, the process of handling the disease can also be done earlier and more effectively.

In practice, standardized laboratory systems and workflows are the key to maintaining the quality of inspection results.

"We ensure that all laboratory processes at RMC run with the same standards as the Innoquest network in the region," explained Yosua Gunawan, Chief Operating Officer of Innoquest Indonesia, quoted from an official statement from Innoquest Indonesia.

"Starting from the system, workflow, to quality control, we have prepared everything to produce a fast, accurate, and consistent diagnosis. With this support, we want to ensure that medical personnel can work more optimally in providing services to patients," he added.

Standards like this are important because they help reduce the risk of misdiagnosis and ensure that the results of the examination can be trusted by medical personnel. With consistent quality, patients also get better certainty regarding their health conditions.

This expansion of services is also seen as part of efforts to increase equitable access to health in Indonesia.

I Putu Deddy Suhartawan, President Director & CEO of Innoquest Indonesia, said the expansion to Makassar was a strategic step for us to expand access to international standard diagnostic services in Indonesia, especially in the eastern Indonesian region.

"We believe that people should not have to go to Jakarta or abroad to get advanced examinations and Innoquest's presence in Makassar is part of the solution," said I Putu Deddy.

As one of the major cities in eastern Indonesia, Makassar has an important role in reaching the surrounding areas. With a more complete laboratory service, people in the surrounding areas can also feel the benefits, especially in terms of early detection of various diseases.

In terms of health facilities, improving service quality is a long-term commitment. Dr. Mieke Yunita, Director of Ratulangi Medical Center, said that for 23 years serving the community, we continue to commit to improving service quality.

"Collaboration with Innoquest is an important step to provide more modern and reliable laboratory services, so that patients can get faster and more accurate diagnoses," explained drg. Mieke.

This effort is also seen as a long-term investment for public health.

"We see this collaboration as a long-term investment for public health in Makassar and its surroundings. Hopefully, people can get access to more complete examinations without having to go out of town," said William Gozal, Owner of Ratulangi Medical Center.

In addition to presenting more advanced services, this activity is also accompanied by a health examination program for the community. Programs such as lipid and diabetes screening are important because these two conditions often do not show symptoms at first, but can have serious consequences if they are not detected early.

Through steps like this, it is hoped that public awareness of the importance of routine health checks will increase. Early detection not only helps prevent complications, but also opens up opportunities for more effective treatment and more affordable costs.

With the increasing access to quality diagnostic services, people in various regions now have a greater opportunity to maintain their health optimally.