JAKARTA - Today's memory, six years ago, January 9, 2020, the Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir revealed his plan so that the people of Indonesia would no longer go abroad for treatment. He will improve the service of state-owned hospitals. This step made him promise to merge all state-owned hospitals into one holding (parent company).
Previously, the established Indonesian people choosing to go abroad for treatment is not a new sight. This condition is because many people doubt the health system in Indonesia. The government was also moved to improve health services in Indonesia.
Health is a very valuable thing for all people in the world. This condition is because the health sector has a major influence on the quality of life. Whoever is healthy, they can live productively and get closer to prosperity.
They can dream of becoming anything. Different from those whose health quality is declining. Instead of dreaming, they just need to recover. This condition makes many countries in the world compete to present the most advanced health facilities.
Indonesia also does not want to lose. The government often talks about improving the quality of Indonesia's health sector. The problem is that this claim is refuted by many wealthy people and officials. Many of them actually prefer to go abroad rather than in Indonesia.
They feel that hospitals abroad such as Singapore or Malaysia are more professional. Skilled health workers to the right diagnosis of the disease. This narrative makes many Indonesians go abroad for access to health facilities.
The situation is like proving that the Indonesian people themselves consider the quality of health care in Indonesia to be lacking. Mainly, the quality of hospital health services and supervision in Indonesia. There is also because health technology abroad is more advanced.
"The technology and medicines are believed to be more advanced. There is also a sense of dissatisfaction with doctor and human resources (in Indonesia) communication which they think is less friendly."
"Another problem, the accuracy of diagnosis. There was a case, a doctor in Indonesia said the patient had tuberculosis and was taken to a hospital in Singapore, he was given antibiotics for two weeks and was cured. It turns out that the diagnosis was wrong," said Specialist Doctor of Heart and Blood Vessels from Bethsaida Gading Serpong Hospital, Tangerang, Dasaad Mulijono as quoted by lamantempo.co, December 30, 2018.
The narrative of people with money choosing to go abroad for treatment actually goes to the government. Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir also spoke up. He saw firsthand that many people chose to go abroad. This condition is considered a big challenge for the government.
He also wants people who used to choose to go abroad for treatment, to instead trust the domestic hospitals. Erick is also devising a plan to break the chain of Indonesian people going abroad for treatment on January 9, 2020.
Erick understands that state-owned hospitals are in a mess. The people who use the services of state-owned hospitals are no less numerous. As a result, Erick is devising ways to immediately improve the quality of service from state-owned hospitals.
This condition made Erick immediately pursue so that all state-owned hospitals were merged into one holding. The management that focuses on this is considered to be able to present state-owned hospitals that have the same service standards and expertise. As a result, the improvement of hospitals from services to expertise is unquestionable.
"Sorry, our current deficit in health is quite high, Rp6 billion US dollars. So many Indonesians check their health abroad. Well, but our health industry is sorry, it hasn't been trusted yet."
"The structure is still being discussed, the important thing is that there will be a hospital holding, the owner will be BUMN-BUMN who have hospitals. Well, later we can increase the service and expertise. BUMN hospitals themselves if they are revenues now if they are consolidated Rp. 5 trillion. Well, this is quite a potential, sayang if it is not focused on expertise," said Erick as quoted by the kompas.com page, January 9, 2020.
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