Regarding The Naming Of The Hospital Into A Healthy House, PDIP Says Anies And The Minister Of Health Do Not Understand Health Sciences

DKI Governor Anies Baswedan (Photo via Facebook Anies Baswedan)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's transformation of a regional general hospital (RSUD) into a healthy home for Jakarta has become a matter of debate.

Even though the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, admitted that he did not have a problem with it, Gilbert Simanjuntak, a member of the PDIP faction of the DKI DPRD, stated that this matter remains ambiguous for the community.

"The naming of a healthy house for a hospital, even for branding, is ambiguous," Gilbert told reporters on Monday, August 8.

Seeing the background of grasshopper Anies, who is an academic in the fields of economics, politics, and public policy, and Budi Gunadi who is an economist, Gilbert thinks that they should not change the name of the hospital to be a healthy house because they do not master the health sector.

"When the Governor (Anies) two months before the end of his position gave the name healthy home, and previously the Minister of Health approved it, it was clear that both of them did not understand the concept of environmental health science as well as the Ministry of Health's rules regarding healthy home criteria," said Gilbert.

Furthermore, the board member who also works as a doctor explained that the term healthy home is actually used for a healthy home.

So, he said, legalizing the confusion of healthy homes for hospitals is not meaningful in health promotion efforts.

"If the background does not match the field to be reformed, it is better to respect the disciplines involved in the concept. Consultation with public health experts and grammarians will clear up this confusion before it gets too far," he said.

For information, the healthy house for Jakarta is a manifestation of the health services of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government as many as 31 hospitals. Anies also explained why he made the policy.

Anies said that the change of the name of the hospital to a healthy house at a health service facility owned by the regional government was carried out to change the mindset of the community so that they not only visited when they were sick, but also in order to maintain and improve the quality of their health.

This was conveyed by Anies at the launch of the naming of a healthy house for Jakarta at Cengkareng Hospital, West Jakarta, Wednesday, August 3.

“So far, our hospitals are curative and rehabilitative, so people come because they are sick and want to get well. Come to the hospital to get well, but to get well you have to be sick first. Well, on the other hand, in yesterday's pandemic, we witnessed the importance of maintaining health. Therefore, the role of the Healthy House is added, namely the promotive and preventive aspects," said Anies.

Anies' decision has drawn criticism from a number of members of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, particularly the PDIP and PSI factions. However, the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, apparently did not mind the naming.

Because, based on Anies' previous communication to him, it was stated that the name change to a healthy house was only limited to logos or branding.

"Frankly, he (Anies) had a chance to talk to me. It was like changing the logo so that it could give a message," Budi said when met at the Vice Presidential Palace, Central Jakarta, Thursday, August 4.

Budi explained that there are two types of naming, namely legal names and brand names. Although the logo as a hospital branding uses the name of a healthy house, the deed is still legally called a hospital.

So, said Budi, it does not violate Law No. 4 of 2009 concerning Hospitals.

"It must be distinguished what the legal name is, and the branding name. So, the update that (Anies) conveyed to us legally remains a hospital, but the branding of the logo uses the definition of a healthy home. For us, the important thing is what legal certificate to use," he explained. Budi.