Boosting National Team Transformation, PSSI Signs Cooperation With Abdi Waluyo Hospital

PSSI signed an MoU with Abdi Waluyo Hospital (Ulfa Gusti / VOI).

JAKARTA - PSSI officially signed a collaboration with Abdi Waluyo Hospital (RS). This step was taken as an effort to boost the transformation of the Indonesian national team through the development of sports science and mental health.

According to PSSI General Chairperson (Ketum) Erick Thohir, to build a strong national team, sports science and mental health support is very important. This is for the development of the talents, technical abilities, and tactics of the players.

"Building football in this transformation is full of complexity. Not only investment, training or competition programs, we need more support in creating a great national team," said Erick Thohir.

"This collaboration with Abdi Waluyo Hospital, which focuses on sports science and mental health, is needed so that our national team and football talent can be much better and develop," he said after the signing of the MoU event in Central Jakarta, Thursday, January 18, 2024, morning WIB.

The collaboration carried out by PSSI and Abdi Waluyo Hospital includes the construction of hospitals around the PSSI Training Center (TC) area in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan. In addition, Abdi Waluyo Hospital is also preparing facilities to support this cooperation program worth IDR 2 trillion.

The chairman of PSSI also said that the collaboration is expected to coexist between the creation of athletes who are supported by sports science and sports medicine.

"It (Abri Waluyo Hospital) is one of the best hospitals in Indonesia. Incidentally, he (the hospital owner) is an athlete who has presented him in swimming."

"So, it is hoped that there will be more concern, not only for athletes, where there must be Good Luck value. This is what is expected to be in line with the creation of talents accompanied by sports science and sports medicine," said Erick.

Meanwhile, representatives of Abdi Waluyo Hospital also expressed their serious commitment to support all PSSI needs in dealing with physical or mental injuries to providing care to female and young athletes.

"We are ready to support all PSSI needs in terms of physical or mental injuries. I also told Mr. Erick that we also have to build female athletes, young athletes, and middle-aged athletes," said Abdi Waluyo Hospital Representative President Director Waluyo, Waluyo Sigit Pramono.