PB IDI Asks For Discussion On The Omnibus Law Health Bill To Be Stopped, Here's The Reason

Chairman of PB IDI, DR. Moh Adib Khumaidi, SpOT (left) and Secretary General of PB IDI, Dr. Ulul Albab, SpOG. (Special)

JAKARTA - The Executive Board of the Indonesian Doctors Association (PB IDI) is watching the current situation and conditions related to the Health Bill (Omnibus Law), so asking that the discussion of the bill be stopped. IDI provides the following reasons:

According to the Head of IDI, Dr. Moh. Adib Khumaidi, SPOT that PB IDI as the only Indonesian Doctors Professional Organization consisting of 34 Regions, 458 Branches, 41 Associations and 55 Meetings stated a Memorandum of Protest and requested that the discussion of the Health Bill (Omnibus Law) be stopped and or not continued. Moreover, it reached the Rate of Rate Discussion (TK)-II.

Two sectors that must always be in the hands of Indonesian citizens in their own country are health and education. Health is an embodiment of general welfare while education is an effort to educate the life of the Indonesian nation. Both are very important in the life of the nation and state.

The main challenge is the condition of the Indonesian people who have not yet come out of the crisis, making it difficult to get good health services. Health facilities are still needed, especially in remote areas, as well as improvements to infrastructure facilities so that people can easily access health facilities.

A doctor who performs a health service saves lives must have immunity rights that are protected by law. This is where the role of professional organizations as professional guards is to provide legal protection but the role of professional organizations is eliminated. If this immunity right is not obtained then so many health workers will easily enter into legal problems. With the immunity rights of these health workers, it will also have an impact on the patient safety. The community will be affected by high-cost health services because of the potential legal risk and this is paradoxical to the National Health Insurance program which implements financing efficiency," said Adib Khumaidi.

"We really hope that the current massive rejection of doctors, health workers, medical and health students, and the Indonesian people of the Health Bill (Omnibus Law) will be a serious concern because it will definitely have an impact on disruption of national stability, because public services in the health sector for the community will be affected," added Adib Khumaidi.