Grantis Health Check Helps Government Handle Problems With Early Diseases Maybe

Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono (second from the right) (ANTARA)

Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono invites the public to take advantage of the Free Health Check (CKG) service at the Puskesmas because it will help the government in handling diseases suffered as early as possible.

"Let's take advantage of the Free Health Check. There must be awareness to maintain health so that we know if there is a disease so that it can be handled," said Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono during the Joint Movement of the Tangerang City TB Alert Village at GOR Benda District, Wednesday.

The Deputy Minister of Health said that currently there are 8.2 million people who take advantage of this service and will increase when schools start to become active because they target students.

Later, from the results of the free health check, the Government will know the type of disease that needs priority for handling.

"This CKG provides an overview to the Government for the future handling needed. So we invite the public to use this service as best they can," he said.

Tangerang Mayor Sahrudin said as many as 39,779 people had taken advantage of free health checks (CKG) at puskesmas - puskesmas.

He appealed to the public to use free health check services to prevent non-communicable diseases (PTM) because at this time there is no need to wait for the momentum of the birthday.

"The government has facilitated, now we invite his awareness to live a healthy life by conducting an examination of the nearest health facility. We make sure this service is free and can check various services," he said.

Previously, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that 8.2 million people had taken advantage of the Free Health Check (CKG) program, and 8.7 million people had registered for the facility since its launch on February 10, 2025.

There are three provinces that recorded the most CKG coverage, namely Central Java, East Java, and West Java. Then in CKG, more women are involved compared to men.

He explained that a number of diseases were found, the first was dental problems, then the second was hypertension, the third was diabetes and the fourth was obesity.

The Minister of Health also emphasized to the public that there is no need to worry if they find the risk of stroke, heart, or kidney disease, because the public can access health services to follow up, as long as BPJS Health is active.

"It is much more fun for us to live in health than to treat when we are sick. We must take care of ourselves so that we are always healthy. Don't wait until we are sick, then we will restore or heal ourselves," said Budi.

The Main Expert Staff of the Presidential Communication Office (PCO) Prita Laura in her statement said that the achievement was continuously developed through collaboration from all parties to reach 280 million participant targets by 2029. In the first year, this program targeted 60 million people, with a budget plan of IDR 4.7 trillion from the 2025 State Budget.