Siloam Hospitals Owned By Conglomerate Mochtar Riady Opens New Branch In Labuan Bajo NTT

Siloam Hospitals Labuan Bajo. (Photo: Dok. Siloam Hospitals)

JAKARTA - The hospital manager of the Lippo group belonging to the conglomerate Mochtar Riady, PT Siloam International Hospitals Tbk (SILO) has opened a new branch in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

President Commissioner of Siloam International Hospitals John Riady expressed the Lippo Group's commitment to continue its business expansion in the health sector to support national development and improve the community's economy.

"So our mission is, we can take part in people's lives. So often when we enter a new city, new province, we always start by building hospitals and schools. As we did in Labuan Bajo in 2016," said John in his written statement, quoted Monday, June 20.

Siloam Hospital has just inaugurated the Labuan Bajo International Medical Center (LBIMC) in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Thursday 16 June. The inauguration of LBIMC as SILO's newest health facility is in line with the company's strategy to expand and continue to grow.

LBIMC is the second health facility built by Lippo Group in NTT, after the company established Siloam Labuan Bajo Hospital in 2016. Siloam Hospital itself is currently helping the public health in the Labuan Bajo area, considering that 85 percent of patients take advantage of BPJS Health services.

With this expansion and innovation, SILO aims to improve and expand health services to support the tourism sector, especially marine tourism in NTT. LBIMC is located in the center of the tourism center of the Labuan Bajo Harbor Marina complex, has complete and modern facilities specifically established as a 24-hour emergency response and medical center for international tourists.

Vice President Director of Siloam International Hospitals Caroline Riady said the presence of Siloam Labuan Bajo plus the establishment of LBIMC, is a form of Lippo Group's commitment to support national development. Siloam as a pioneer in providing international quality health facilities in Labuan Bajo, Lippo Group has also advanced the education sector with school attendance from kindergarten to high school.

"Labuan Bajo is just one of many districts where we are present with schools and hospitals. Others are in Kupang, in Bangka, in Lubuklinggau, in Papua. Often they are side by side like this. Because schools and hospitals must be number one, because it is related to human resource development, this is the only way to break the chain of poverty, develop regions and develop Indonesian people and economy," said Caroline.

In the future, SILO will continue its efforts to increase the number of 41 existing hospital networks. The reason is, at the current macro level with a very large population, Indonesia needs a health industry that can reach a wider area and be of higher quality.

John added that SILO is also developing various digital-based services, one of which is MySiloam and telehealth which are connected to 1,000 doctors. This confirms SILO's steps to continue to be expansive and strengthen innovation, amidst the challenges of the performance of hospital issuers which have been sloping as the COVID-19 pandemic is getting better.