Governor Koster Asks The Bali Health Office To Open Traditional Health Services At Health Centers And Private Hospitals, But...

Bali Governor Wayan Koster during the inauguration of Gotra Pangusada conveyed the issue of the Bali Traditional Health Service in Denpasar, Sunday (25/9/2022). ANTARA/HO-Bali Provincial Government

DENPASAR - Bali Governor Wayan Koster asked the Head of the Bali Provincial Health Office to open the Bali Traditional Health Service at health centers, private hospitals, and public hospitals. "With a note, in practice (Traditional Health Service, ed) it should not be done haphazardly, but there must be a code of ethics by standardizing, testing the competence of Balinese Traditional Health Services. Then when passing, a certificate is issued and registered so that it is valid to carry out practice," said Koster, quoted from Antara, Sunday, September 25. In the inauguration of the Gotra Pangusada Bali management in Denpasar today, Governor Koster said that the administrators should maintain ancestral heritage in terms of use (traditional medicines) by utilizing natural resources, people and Balinese culture as a force to revive traditional Bali health services. "Based on the results of research and information contained in various ejections, it is stated that Balinese people are among those who have superior classes or races, one of which is evidenced by their expertise in traditional Bali medicine,” said Koseter. Therefore, Wayan Koster asked the Gotra Pangusada management to cooperate with academics to collect data and research on plants growing in Bali. According to him, around three thousand plants in Bali can be used as medicine, so that later the results of the research can be socialized to the community so that they can be used as economic strength and a source of livelihood for Balinese citizens. If efficacious plants can be used to become optimal medicines, Koster is optimistic that Bali will no longer depend on external resources and will be economically independent thanks to the herbal industry. “China will lose if the herbal industry in Bali is carried out seriously, therefore I will continue to encourage this potential to be a source of pride and economic strength, as will the Bali Arak and Balinese Local Traditional Salt which have now entered traditional markets, modern markets, export markets, and were purchased by restaurant hotels in Bali,” he said. Previously, the Bali Provincial Government's support for traditional medicine organizations had been shown through the Bali Governor Regulation Number 55 of 2019 concerning Traditional Health Services in Bali and Bali Provincial Regulation Number 6 of 2020 concerning Health Implementation.