In Front Of Gubsu Edy Rahmayadi, The KPK Uncovers The Modus Operandi Of Corruption In The Health Sector

Kasatgas Region 1 Directorate 1 Coordination of KPK Supervision, Maruli Tua Manurung (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has explained the methods used by corruptors if they want to benefit from procurement in the health sector. This mode is plural.

Head of the Task Force Team Region 1 Directorate 1 Supervision Coordination of the KPK, Maruli Tua Manurung, when in Medan admitted that the health sector is indeed very vulnerable to corruption because of the large budget.

So how do these criminals play?

First, through the procurement of goods and services (PBJ). This way of playing has an effect on the decline in the quality of health services.

While the second mode, namely providing facilities to health care workers, especially doctors. On that occasion Maruli also reminded that it can be minimized.

"The potential and risk of corruption will reduce the quality of services and we really encouraged it, starting from budget planning so that the process, especially the PBJ for medical devices and drugs, is increasingly understood and the risk of corruption can be minimized and even zero," said Maruli in the coordination coordination meeting on corruption prevention. at the official residence of the Governor of North Sumatra on Jalan Sudirman, Tuesday 5 April.

Present on the occasion were the Governor of North Sumatra Edy Rahmayadi and the heads of district/city health offices throughout North Sumatra.

Regarding the provision of facilities or goods to health workers or doctors who work in hospitals, according to him, it is not widely known that these are part of gratification.

To health service officers at the provincial, district/city and puskesmas levels, Maruli advised that in order to improve the quality of service to the community, this can happen when corrupt practices are avoided.

"Leading the sector is the head of the provincial health office because he is the representative of the central government in the regions, he will coordinate all district/city service heads because the mechanism in the Minister of Health Regulation 14/2019 already exists," he said quoted from Antara.

"Later, all regencies/cities will submit reports, now it's just a matter of how to submit the reports until they are evaluated, especially at the lower level of the puskesmas," he added.