Sports to Health Insurance, Here are Tips to Prevent Critical Illness

Dr. Gia explained a healthy lifestyle to prevent chronic diseases. (Yesica Sitinjak/VOI)

JAKARTA - Critical illness is a serious medical condition that is life-threatening, requires intensive care, and often requires high costs. Some of them are cancer, heart attack and cardiovascular disease, stroke, to kidney failure.

In general, critical illness has a significant impact on quality of life, is chronic, or has the potential to cause death if not treated quickly. With this great risk, everyone should take precautions so as not to get critical illness.

Medical Practitioner and Health Observer, dr. Gia Pratama, said there are several tips that can be done to prevent the occurrence of critical illness, as below.

1. Perform regular health checks

Having regular health checks is one of the steps that are highly recommended for the prevention of critical diseases. Especially for those aged 35 years and above, it is recommended to have a health check or regular medical check-up once a year.

"Everyone, especially those over 35 years old, let's have a routine medical check-up every year if possible. So this year is monitored, there is no change, next year also check. If so, keep it stable," said Doctor Gia, when met in the Setidabudi area, Jakarta, on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

2. Sports

Exercising regularly has a major impact on overall body health. Keep in mind that exercise is not only for losing weight, but also for maintaining other important organs in the body, which helps prevent critical illnesses.

"What I see by the Indonesian people, the function of sports is too underestimated just to lose weight. In fact, the function of sports is more than that," he said.

3. Consume healthy foods

Another tip to prevent critical illness is to apply a healthy diet from an early age. This is because what we eat and drink plays an important role in cell regeneration, and if unhealthy eating habits interfere with various organ functions.

"Let's take care of the food, because whatever we consume in the mouth, it becomes the raw material for the next cell regeneration," he said.

4. Have health insurance

Having health insurance, such as health insurance, is also very important. This will help you to take better preventive or treatment measures for critical illnesses.

"And don't forget, have a qualified guarantor for health financing," said Dr. Gia.

One of the health insurance that can be owned is Zurich Critical Care, which was launched by PT Zurich Topas Life (Zurich Life). This is a critical illness insurance product with comprehensive protection against 141 critical illnesses, including early to late stage critical illnesses.

"The product is designed not only to provide financial protection, but also to be part of a preventive health care approach. Prevention is not only about avoiding illness, but about being prepared, both physically and financially. With the right protection, the insured can make faster medical decisions and focus on recovery without being burdened by cost concerns," concluded Director of PT Zurich Topas Life, Santy Gui.