Denpasar Sanglah Hospital Progress Reaches 99.47 Percent, Targeted For Completion At The End Of April 2024

The progress of the construction of the Sanglah Central General Hospital Aesthetic Center (RSUP) building in Denpasar, Bali, has reached 99.47 percent. Photo: Doc. Hutama Karya

JAKARTA - PT Hutama Karya (Persero) or HK will soon complete the construction project of the Sanglah Central General Hospital Aesthetic Center (RSUP) building in Denpasar, Bali, worth IDR 197.09 billion this year.

The progress of its construction has reached 99.47 percent.

"The project, which starts in October 2022, is targeted for completion at the end of April 2024," said Executive Vice President (EVP) Corporate Secretary Hutama Karya Tjahjo Purnomo in a written statement, Friday, March 22.

Until now, the project has left work in the form of testing and adjusting the system to Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) before being fully operationalized.

In an effort to accelerate it, Hutama Karya uses the Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology to make the building's physical modeling in accordance with the plan, fast calculation of material volume for monitoring of the remaining material needed, visualizing project progress in 3 dimensions and helping accelerate the plan schedule and realization of work.

Sanglah Hospital, which is also a type A educational hospital, has a unique design by combining elements of Balinese architecture, especially the use of Jogja stone materials, the city and press bricks on the fasad.

Meanwhile, the roof uses a leedu ornament and turquoise which also adds to the aesthetic value.

Tjahjo said this project was used for health service centers, especially for mothers and children to help achieve the government's target as a referral hospital for the Bali and Nusa Tenggara regions.

"With the construction and existence of this hospital, it is hoped that it can achieve the goal of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SGSs) to reduce maternal mortality (AKI) and infant mortality (AKB) as well as support the Medical Tourism program in Bali," he said.

For your information, this hospital began construction in 1956 and was inaugurated on December 30, 1959 with a capacity of 150 beds.

In 1962, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University as a Education Hospital.

Then, in 1978 he became a type B educational hospital and as the Biggest Referral Hospital in Bali. In addition, seeing the high mortality rate of mother and child, Prof. Dr. IGNG.

Ngoerah also innovates or carries the construction of a mother and child health service building as an effort to reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality rates.