JAKARTA - After the disaster that hit the Sumatra region, the recovery of health facilities is the government's top priority. To date, the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has managed to complete 80 percent of the health equipment (alkes) needed in the affected areas to ensure public services continue to run.
Director General of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Lucia Rizka Andalusia, stated that the distribution of alkes was focused on hospitals and health centers so that medical services, including surgical procedures, could immediately operate normally.
Gotong Royong Repairing Facilities
The fulfillment of this alkes does not only come from the state budget, but also involves the collaboration of various parties. The following are the strategic steps that are being taken:
Facility improvements: Focus on new alkes supplies and repair of tools that can still be saved.
Quick Action for Puskesmas: Ensuring that the puskesmas as the front line of health services has started to operate again.
Cross-Sector Collaboration: The Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, collaborated with major automotive companies (such as Astra, Daihatsu, and Isuzu) to help repair damaged ambulance fleets.
Alkes Donation: Opening the door for donors to help provide crucial tools such as X-ray machines and thousands of hospital beds that were damaged by being submerged in mud.
March target: Back to 100 percent
The Minister of Health emphasized his commitment to fully recover all health services in Sumatra by March 2026. The Ministry of Health has listed all deficiencies at each point so that the recovery process is on target.
"Our next target is in March we want to recover 100 percent. We have listed all the needs of hospitals and health centers," said Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin in a meeting with the DPR in Jakarta.
Care for Medical Personnel
In addition to focusing on buildings and equipment, the Ministry of Health also pays special attention to the humanitarian aspect by pursuing a rehabilitation program for houses for medical personnel and health workers who are victims of disasters. This is done so that they can return to duty calmly and comfortably.
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