Visit To West Kalimantan, Jokowi Fasts Sultan Syarif Hospital Services

Indonesian President Joko Widodo accompanied by Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin visited Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie Hospital, Pontianak City, West Kalimantan, Thursday (21/3/2024).

Indonesian President Joko Widodo appreciated the rapid management of health services at Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie Hospital, Pontianak City during a working visit to the President's second day in West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan), Thursday, March 21.

The President said his visit was to directly observe the health services at the hospital.

"I visited the regional hospital of Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie Hospital in Pontianak City to see the health services provided by the patient to the community here," the President told the media crew after a review.

According to the President, the services carried out by the hospital were quite good, even though the queues for patients reached an average of 600 people per day.

However, the President appreciated that the queue management at the hospital had been running quickly.

"I see that the queue management is good, I also see the service is fast, but there are a lot of queues, because earlier I received information that there were an average of 600 patients and that's a large number, so there must be queues," said the President.

In addition, the Head of State instructed Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin to provide additional necessary medical devices, especially for ICU and Cath Lab equipment for heart disease and stroke.

One of BPJS users, Wahyu, also appreciated the service at the hospital. According to Wahyu, services are provided from registration to treatment.

"It's very good from the service from the gate to the entrance there (registration), entering here (treatment) is very good," said Wahyu.

In line with that, Pontianak residents who have diabetes mellitus, Heni, also shared their experiences using BPJS.

He emphasized the need to increase drug coverage for BPJS beneficiaries.

"The drugs I need are all borne by BPJS. The Insulin that I use is all borne by BPJS. There are drugs that are not borne by BPJS, because drugs that are somewhat patented, such as heart drugs, are sometimes not borne by BPJS," said Heni.

Also accompanying President Jokowi in the review, Chairman of Commission V DPR RI Lassarus, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing, Basuki Hadimuljono, Acting Governor of West Kalimantan Harisson, and Acting Mayor