What 2024 Vice Presidential Candidates Mandatory Health Tests? Here's The List

YOGYAKARTA - It is confirmed that later the registration process for prospective presidential and vice-presidential candidates will be held at the Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital on October 19-October 25, 2023. This is because a health certificate is one of the conditions that must be met for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. So what is the mandatory health test for the 2024 vice presidential candidate?

The General Election Commission alias KPU appointed Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital on Jalan Kwini No. 1, Senen, Central Jakarta, as the place for health checks for prospective presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Chairman of the Technical Division of the KPU Commission, Idham Holik, said that coalition parties carrying out candidates must fulfill the requirements that wish to register pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates. They are required to enter a registration notification letter a maximum of one day before registering.

On the day of registration, prospective candidates are also required to bring a health certificate. Next, one day after registering they are directed to carry out a health test at the hospital appointed by the KPU.

Health checks are being tried to convince whether the health of prospective candidates is truly able to carry out their duties for 5 years as president and vice president.

According to the Chairman of the General Election Commission or the Indonesian General Election Commission, Hasyim Asy'ari, the health review referred to the 2019 General Election. From that check, the doctor will formulate what organ system will be examined, and check the body resilience system for prospective candidates.

What are the mandatory health tests for presidential and vice-presidential candidates?

The team of doctors will check physical and spiritual health and be drug-free. After checking the condition of the candidate pair's body, the results of the check will be submitted directly to the KPU. This message will be brought when the prospective candidate registers at the KPU.

Summarizing various sources, health tests for presidential and vice presidential candidates are similar to general health checks (medical check-ups). However, some of the checking components are carried out in more detail and in depth, so it takes at least 8 hours.

The technical guidelines for checking and assessing the physical abilities of presidential and vice-presidential candidates have been regulated in KPU Decree Number. 1004/PL.02-2-Kpt/06/KPU/VIII/2018. The following are 16 types of examinations that must be passed by each pair of candidates along with the length of examinations carried out:

-MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)

- Internal disease

- Surgical

- Neurology

The content (gynecology), for female presidential and vice presidential candidates

- Psychiatry interviews in the form of MINI ICD-10, DIP, and MMI

- Eyes

- THT-KL and pure tone Audiometry

- Hearts and blood vessels, namely electrocardiograms and treadmills

- Echocardiography

- Lungs, namely pyrometry and other tests

- Radiology toraks

- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) head

- Laboratory sampling

- Transvalginal ultrasound

- Other supporting examinations of sores and cawapres (up to indications)

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