Ministry Of Health: Indonesia Is Not Yet Independent Of Medical Devices Because The Industry And Campaign Are Proud Of Domestic Products

Illustration - Employees produce health diagnostic tools at PT Standard Biosensor Healthcare/ Antara . factory

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) said that the inadequate upstream medical device industry is one of the factors that Indonesia is not yet independent. The Director General of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices of the Ministry of Health, Lucia Rizka Andalusia, in a written statement received in Jakarta, Friday, April 8, stated that the upstream industry was inadequate. Medical devices have limited the availability of domestic raw materials. In addition, he said, the investment ecosystem in the medical device business has not yet been established. "The laboratory for testing medical devices is limited," he said as quoted by Antara. Meanwhile, Special Staff to the Minister of Health for the Resilience of the Drug and Medical Device Industry, Laksono Trisnantoro, revealed several reasons why the public and health service providers prefer to buy imported medical devices rather than local products. , not many campaigns are proud to buy Indonesian products for medical devices. "Although not all, many doctors say that domestic devices are of poor quality. Here we need a proud campaign to buy Indonesian medical device products to doctors as health services," he said. Brand perception of domestic medical devices from doctors is very important. "If the patient follows the doctor's advice," he said. Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) for Health, Charles Honoris, said that Indonesia needs to look at the experiences of other countries that have already had the independence of medical devices, such as China, Taiwan and South Korea. These countries, according to him, are implementing two general strategies, namely opening marketing channels and establishing an ecosystem of medical devices. quality and availability," he said. He added that with the opening of marketing channels, a national medical device ecosystem would be formed. he said, in a discussion entitled "Why Indonesia's Medical Devices Haven't Independent too?" which was held online, Friday.