Minister Of Health: Health Sector Is Important To Support RI's Demographic Bonus

Minister Of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin/DOK Ministry Of Health

Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the health sector is important to create healthy Public Resources (HR) in order to support the Indonesian demographic bonus which is predicted to peak in 2030-2045.

"Why is health important? Because even though you are of productive age, if you are not healthy, you don't work," said Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin at the launch of the Health Primary Service Integration Program and Strengthening Health Development Planning, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 31.

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said health must be built from an early age so that when adults can become productive human resources to help Indonesia get out of the threat of a middle income trap.

Productive human resources in that era, he continued, must be Indonesia's best ammunition to be able to boost Gross Domestic Revenue (GDP) in order to be able to penetrate the high income country (high-income country) group.

"If we fail to take advantage of thiswindow of opportunity, we will become guilty people for our children and grandchildren, because throughout their life, they will live at the middle income country (middle income country)," he said.

Therefore, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin emphasized to the public to redefine healthy understanding from an early age.

According to him, being healthy does not mean curing diseases so that they are healthy, but is to keep the body healthy so as not to get sick.

"Make sure we have human resources with sufficient intellectual levels as adults, and make sure that when we grow up we don't have to dialysis in the hospital for three days a week, with five to six hours a day, it's not productive," said the Minister of Health.