Prabowo Appoints RSPPN As A Education Hospital

President Joko Widodo accompanied by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto inspected hospital facilities during the inauguration of the State Defense Center Hospital (RSPPN) Panglima Besar Soedirman/ANTARA PHOTO/Hafidz Mubarak A.

JAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto has designated the State Defense Center Hospital (RSPPN) Panglima Besar Sudirman in Jakarta as an educational hospital for prospective specialist doctors and doctors from the Defense University (IDU).

RSPPN is one of 25 military hospitals built by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense under the leadership of Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto.

"This hospital is an educational hospital for the Faculty of Medicine, Defense University and will cooperate with other universities at home and abroad," Prabowo said reporting to Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the inauguration ceremony of the State Defense Center Hospital, Commander Soedirman, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, February 19.

President Jokowi inaugurated RSPPN accompanied by Defense Minister Prabowo, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia, TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto, Army Chief of Staff General Maruli Simanjuntak, Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Muhammad Ali, Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal TNI Fadjar Prasetyo.

Then Deputy Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. TNI (Ret.) M. Herindra, Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense Marshal Madya TNI Donny Ermawan Taufanto, and Chairman of Commission I DPR RI Meutya Hafid. During the event, the President also inaugurated 20 other military hospitals which were also built by the Ministry of Defense.

President Jokowi when giving his remarks at the inauguration ceremony welcomed the designation of RSPPN as an educational hospital.

"I hope that with this very modern facility, RSPPN can be a reference, become an educational hospital, and no less important, this hospital can become a disaster response hospital," said President Jokowi.

RSPPN on Jalan Veteran Raya, Pesanggrahan, Jakarta, occupies a 28-story building on a 2.2-hectare land. The hospital, which Prabowo calls the largest military hospital in Indonesia, has a building area of 62,000 square meters and provides various health services for all organs.

Some of the facilities available at the State Defense Center Hospital include inpatient rooms with a capacity of 1,000 beds, operating rooms with 11 units, intensive care rooms (ICU, ICCU, NICU, PICU) with a capacity of 90 beds, and emergency hospital installations (IGD) with a capacity of 55 beds.

The RSPPN radiology service is also equipped with sophisticated tools, including DSA (digital subtraction angiography), MRI Tesla 3, CT scan, cash (catheterization)laboratory, 360 degree panorama, and four dimensional ultrasound.

RSPPN also provides integrated care services equipped with robotic tools and lasers for people with disabilities and people with leg and hand weaknesses.

RSPPN also has 30 units of dialysis (hemodialysis), two units of blood vessel disorders therapy, a generating medicine service, as well as integrated services for chemotherapy and cancer surgery.