Increase Industrial Competitiveness, The Government Asks Hospitals To Prioritize The Use Of Domestic Ventilators

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JAKARTA - The government through the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) has asked hospitals and national health agencies to prioritize the use of domestic ventilator products.

The Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics (ILMATE) of the Ministry of Industry, Taufiek Bawazier, said this step was in line with efforts to downstream national medical devices to realize the independence of the health sector and encourage import substitution.

"We should be proud, Indonesia has been able to produce high-end ventilators that are not inferior to foreign products. We must collaborate between the central government, local governments and various aspects of society to start buying and absorb domestic medical devices," he said in a press statement today, Thursday, October 20.

According to Taufiek, in an effort to optimize the use of domestic products, the Ministry of Industry continues to strive to include medical device products through the catalog of the Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Institute (LKPP).

"The purchase of domestic products will increase the national industry and economy. The development of this industry will be correlated with national prosperity and in line with the education and technology ecosystem," he said.

In order to achieve this target, he continued, the Ministry of Industry is proactive in socializing domestic ventilator products to a number of areas, such as in North Sumatra. Taufiek said, through this activity, it is hoped that hospitals can be informed that domestic industrial-made ventilators are available.

"These products already have a distribution permit at the Ministry of Health, namely ICU V-01 Ventilator and Emergency R-03 Ventilator which already has a TKDN certificate with a value of 43 percent and 41 percent and can be purchased through the LKPP e-catalog," he said.

With a TKDN value above 40 percent, the ventilator becomes a mandatory item that must be purchased in government procurement or BUMN.

For information, there are 35 potential in North Sumatra, 171 private hospitals, 163 accredited hospitals, 615 health centers and 23 health centers accredited with a ventilator capacity of 590 ventilators. While the number of ventilators for Type B hospitals is 560 ventilators, Type C Hospital is 1230 ventilators, and Type D Hospital is 310 ventilators.