Improving The Quality Of State-Owned Enterprises Hospitals, Erick Thohir Gets A Kong Conglomeration Company From Hong Kong

SOE Minister Erick Thohir (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - A conglomerate from Hong Kong is rumored to be collaborating with PT Pertamina Bina Medika (Pertamedika) or Indonesia Healthcare Corporation (IHC). This collaboration is an effort to improve the quality of BUMN hospitals (RS).

Quoting Bloomberg, the Swire Pacific Ltd conglomerate company is in further talks to buy a minority stake in the IHC. The deal is planned to be completed later this year and is worth around US$450 million to US$650 million for the IHC.

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir did not deny the news. Erick said Hong Kong Swire Pacific Ltd would be a strategic party or IHC strategic partner.

Kita benchmarking dengan sebuah institusi besar, Swire dari Hong Kong, yang punya Cathay Pacific (maskabangan besar asal Hong Kong), untuk menjadi strategikc partner. Untuk meningkatkan kualitas rumah sakit BUMN agar bisa bersaing dengan private sector, ujarnya saat ditemui di Waskita Rajawali Tower, Jakarta, Rabu, 13 Desember.

Along with the formation of the IHC as a holding that oversees state-owned hospitals, continued Erick, a number of improvements are needed to equalize standards and improve classes.

Based on the company's official website, the IHC currently oversees 76 hospitals, and 143 health clinics spread throughout Indonesia.

"Don't let BUMN hospitals like those with PTPN, Pelni, Pertamina don't have the same standards," he said.

In addition, Erick explained, it is necessary to make improvements to the hospital management side and to overcome the problem of a lack of competent medical personnel. Including improvements to the treatment system.

Erick also said that the method of treating patients at BUMN hospitals is currently starting to be directed to involve discussions with Umtuk experts in determining what types of treatment are appropriate.

Since the beginning I said that the BUMN hospital now has to change the system. There are patients who enter, experts sit down together, determine what steps, what medicine. Don't give each other medicine. And later accompanied by a young doctor. That's what we want to encourage in BUMN," he said.

Erick said efforts to increase the number of competent doctors were also being carried out. One of them is by inviting diaspora doctors to have a career in Indonesia.

There are many Indonesian doctors abroad. The number one heart doctor in Singapore is Indonesian. Indonesian children who have graduated from medicine in Germany, everywhere, can't go home? If he wants to serve in Indonesia, why not?," said Erick.