JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir revealed the purpose of the collaboration between SOEs and the United States Mayo Clinic in building an International Hospital in Bali. According to him, this is an effort by the government to reduce the number of Indonesians seeking treatment abroad.
"Therefore, we hope to implement the frog-jumping strategy, in other words. To reduce the number of Indonesians seeking treatment abroad by building an international hospital in Bali with the United States Mayo Clinic," he said during a virtual discussion, Saturday, January 15.
Erick explained that at the same time the Mayo Clinic and BUMN opened themselves up for benchmarking to hospitals in the regions in handling cancer.
Furthermore, Erick said the step was taken by the Ministry of SOEs so that regional hospitals could also treat cancer, which so far has a very high number.
"Can foreign investment also create new jobs? It is impossible for Indonesia to grow alone. We must also be open to cooperating with other nations, the technology, or the expertise. That is the reality," he explained.
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Because of this, Erick said, just like two million Indonesians who went abroad for treatment, they issued foreign exchange up to around Rp97.5 trillion.
"Does it mean that health services in Indonesia are low? No, but in certain types of diseases, Indonesia is still lagging behind (the technology)," he said again.
Erick gave an example, cancer, Indonesia compared to other countries when it comes to the death rate being one of the highest in the world, which is 60 percent.
"This means we have to improve, remember that cancer is not only the rich, but the poor also get cancer. Thus there must be a breakthrough, we standardize how to deal with cancer," he concluded.
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