JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto ordered through the Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, to conduct an audit of hospitals in Papua Province, in response to reports of a pregnant woman being rejected by four hospitals before finally dying.
After holding a limited meeting with President Prabowo, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian reported that his party had asked the Governor of Papua, Mathius Derek Fakhiri, to visit the victim's house, as well as provide assistance.
"His order to immediately improve the audit. Conduct an internal audit of the problem is where. Collect the hospitals, including officials at the Health Service and others, both provinces, districts and private hospitals," Tito said when giving a statement at the Presidential Palace. Jakarta, Monday, November 24.
Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin and a team from the Ministry of Home Affairs have also been in Jayapura today to immediately conduct a hospital audit.
Tito explained that the audit conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs would include existing regulations, including regional head regulations.
"The Regent's Regulation involves the Jayapura District Hospital, then also the rules from the Governor's Regulation because the last one is at the provincial general hospital called RSUD," he said.
Meanwhile, Minister of Health Budi has also sent a special team to conduct technical audits on health service issues, to find out the main problem and immediately make improvements, both in terms of facilities, governance, human resources or the rules.
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