Funding For Parung Hospital Stopped In 2023, Bogor Regency Government Promises To Continue Development In 2024

The construction of the RSUD in Parung, Bogor Regency, West Java. (Between-HO-Humas Bogor Regency Government)

BOGOR - The Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab) intends to continue the construction of the Parung Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in 2024 after stopping its funding during 2023.

"Look, I have conveyed the development in stages. But yesterday I was with the Acting Regent of Bogor and the Chairman of the DPRD, 2024, it had to be budgeted," said Bogor Regency Regional Secretary (Sekda) Burhanudin in Cibinong, Bogor, Tuesday.

According to him, the building, which is temporarily used as a clinic, requires an inpatient room to meet one of the hospital status criteria.

"Right now, we haven't had any hospitalizations. It's not a big or small building problem. That's the first condition for the hospital," he explained.

In addition, said Burhan, these health facilities also need to be equipped with competent medical devices, medical devices, and medical resources (HR).

"The third condition for the hospital is the human resources. I am now excited. Hopefully there are specialist doctors who want to move to Bogor Regency. The problem is not yet there," said Burhan.

He hopes that by 2024 all the things needed to support the operation of the hospital in the northern region of Bogor Regency can be fulfilled.

"I also want the facilities to be fulfilled in 2024 so that hopefully in early 2025, if the aldok (medical equipment) has been fulfilled, the human resources have been fulfilled, it can be accredited," he said.

Previously, the Head of the Bogor District Health Office, drg Mike Kaltarina, explained the reason why the Rp93 billion building could not be used as a hospital, was because it had not met the standards stated in the Regulation of the Minister of Health (Permenkes) RI number 14 of 2021.

Legal umbrellas that regulate standard business activities and products in the implementation of risk-based business licensing for the health sector require that hospital buildings have a number of facilities in the form of hospitalizations, emergency rooms, operating rooms, service support rooms, and the availability of a minimum of 100 beds (type c classification).

It is known that one of the factors that has not been continued with the construction of the dam for Parung Hospital is because the work process is indicated to be corruption.

Head of the Bogor District Attorney's Office (Kejari) Agustian Sunaryo explained that his party suspected that there was a violation of the construction of the Parung Hospital, which had the potential to cause state losses of Rp36 billion.

"So there is a reduction in the specs or volume carried out by PT JSE as a service provider. Including mark-ups that are not appropriate," he said.

The construction of the RSUD with a budget of Rp93 billion should be completed on December 26, 2021. But in its implementation, PT JSE only finished its work on June 15, 2022.

"Deleting about six months from the target specified in the work contract," said Agustian.

In this work, PT JSE received additional time or addendums up to four times. In the addendum process, the Bogor District Attorney's Office recorded several state losses caused by poor material and slow work by PT JSE.

"The estimated state loss from more than Rp93 billion, first as a result of mark-up the price is around Rp13.8 billion. Then the volume shortage is around Rp22 billion. The total state loss is around Rp36 billion, not including fines that must be paid by the executor," he concluded.