Development Already 36.30 Percent, IHC Prepares Bali International Hospital Topping Off At The End Of July 2023

JAKARTA - PT Pertamina Bina Medika as Indonesia Healthcare Corporation (IHC) Holding BUMN Hospital (RS) is currently carrying out the construction of the Bali International Hospital (BIH) located in the Special Economic Zone (KEK) Health, Sanur Bali. Currently, the construction has reached 36.30 percent.

IHC President Director drg Mira Dyah Wahyuni said BIH is targeted to start operating in 2024.

The plan is that the IHC will topping off BIH at the end of July 2023.

"Topping off Bali International Hospital will be held on July 28, 2023," said Mira in a working meeting with Commission VI of the DPR, Wednesday, July 12.

Regarding Human Resources (HR) for operations at BIH, Mira continued, specialist doctors, general practitioners, medical support nurses, and non-medical employees will support it.

"The fulfillment of General Health Doctors has reached around 80 percent, Specialist Doctors 63 percent, Nurses 50 percent, Medical Support 16 percent and Non-Medicals 22 percent of the need", he said.

Furthermore, Mira said that out of a total of 71 doctors needed both for specialists and the general public, there were also Diaspora doctors.

"We will be selective in conducting credentials, we also carry out on job training and winging for health workers who will serve in BIH, as an effort to improve competence by placing them in several hospitals such as Dharmais Hospital, Harapan Kita Hospital, and National Brain Center Hospital (PON), as well as placing several doctors in Singapore and Malaysia," he explained.

Previously, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said that the IHC played an important role in building the Indonesian health ecosystem.

With BIH at the Health SEZ in Sanur Bali, Erick invited Diaspora abroad to return to Indonesia. Currently 10 Diaspora have registered.

Erick assessed that this was part of an intervention effort for the presence of 2 million Indonesians who continued to seek treatment abroad.

"This is why we hope that the hospital in the Health SEZ will become a new tourist destination for the people of Indonesia," said Erick.