Concerning Healthy Homes For Jakarta, DKI Health Office Says Name Of Hospital Still Exists

JAKARTA - Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Division of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Dwi Oktavia, explained that the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan had recently converted a regional general hospital (RSUD) into a healthy home for Jakarta.

Dwi said that even though there were translations for these 31 government-owned hospitals, the names of RSUD were still there. Thus, the mention of healthy home branding for Jakarta is included with the name of the hospital.

"The 31 healthy houses for Jakarta will remain the same for the time being. So, the names are complete. For example, Healthy Homes for Jakarta, Tarakan Hospital, and others," said Dwi when contacted, Friday, August 5.

Dwi explained that the translation of a healthy home was carried out to promote preventive health promotion elements. That is, with the naming of healthy homes in hospitals, it will make people have more awareness to stay healthy.

"This context is to build collective awareness of all elements, including citizens, to make efforts for promotive and preventive behavior. This means that being healthy can be pursued since being healthy to stay healthy or increase the level of health," explained Dwi.

For information, the healthy house for Jakarta is a manifestation of the health services of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government as many as 31 hospitals. Anies also explained why he made the policy.

Anies said that the change of the name of the hospital to a healthy house at a health service facility owned by the regional government was carried out to change the mindset of the community so that they not only visited when they were sick, but also in order to maintain and improve the quality of their health.

This was conveyed by Anies at the launch of the naming of a healthy house for Jakarta at Cengkareng Hospital, West Jakarta, Wednesday, August 3.

“So far, our hospitals are curative and rehabilitative, so people come because they are sick and want to get well. Come to the hospital to get well, but to get well you have to be sick first. Well, on the other hand, in yesterday's pandemic, we witnessed the importance of maintaining health. Therefore, the role of the Healthy House is added, namely the promotive and preventive aspects," said Anies.

Anies' decision has drawn criticism from a number of members of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, particularly the PDIP and PSI factions. However, the Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin apparently did not mind the translation.

Because, based on Anies' previous communication to him, it was stated that the name change to a healthy house was only limited to logos or branding.

"Frankly, he (Anies) had a chance to talk to me. It was like changing the logo so that it could give a message," Budi said when met at the Vice Presidential Palace, Central Jakarta, Thursday, August 4.

Budi explained, there are two types of naming, namely legal names and brand names or branding. Although the logo as a hospital branding uses the name of a healthy house, the deed is still legally called a hospital.

So, said Budi, it does not violate Law No. 4 of 2009 concerning Hospitals.

"It must be distinguished what the legal name is, and the branding name. So, the update that (Anies) conveyed to us legally remains a hospital, but the logo branding uses the definition of a healthy home. For us, the important thing is what legal certificate to use," explained Budi.