Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that currently his party is still compiling a free health check, and is in the finalization stage which is expected to be completed this month.

According to him, free health checks need to be adjusted to various age groups, from infants to the elderly. He also asked the public to be patient, because this initiative is a big thing, so it needs to be done gradually.

"After we have finalized it, later we will determine who it is done by, what tools need, and where it is located," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, November 15.

He gave an example, for newborns, it is more suitable to do where they were born. For children, he said, it is more appropriate to do it at school.

"For example, if you are an adult, maybe you can go to a clinic, health center, or at work. If you are elderly, maybe at the puskesmas, or we send it to the posyandu," he said.

Budi said that in December the socialization of free health checks would begin.

Free health checks are one of the 8 priority programs of President Prabowo Subianto in the health sector. Other health programs include reducing 50 percent TB cases in five years and building quality complete hospitals in districts.


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