JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) regrets the attitude of a number of Professors of Medical Science from well-known universities who criticize the Health Bill based solely on provocations and misleading facts raised by certain parties.
"We regret that the professors did not read and did not look for the real facts regarding the Health Bill," said Ministry of Health spokesman Dr Mohammad Syahril as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 10.
According to him, the rejection of the Health Bill is only based on fake news circulating on WhatsApp (WA) Group and provocations from certain parties.
The Health Bill, he continued, was prepared to make it easier for people to access doctors and get cheap medical treatment and services. For example, he continued, one of the issues raised by professors related to terminology and abortion time.
"Even though the abortion problem has been regulated in the new Criminal Code Law and the Health Bill only follows what is already in the Criminal Code Law so that it does not conflict. Other issues that are misguided are related to genomic policies," he said.
Syahril explained that genomic precision treatment is common in other countries. Even Indonesia is far behind. "Malaysia and Thailand started more than five years ago. Why does this professor object to this new science?", he said.
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The Ministry of Health is ready to accept professors to discuss whenever so that they are not consumed by hoaxes and can educate students accurately.
A number of professors across scientific and professional disciplines who are members of the Lintas Profession Teacher Forum (FGBLP) have proposed that the government postpone the ratification of the Health Bill.
"We propose that the Health Bill be postponed, then a more credible revision will be carried out by involving the expert team, as well as all stakeholders," said FGBLP Representative Laila Nuranna at a press conference that was attended online in Jakarta today.
The Professor of Fixed Medicine Faculty of the University of Indonesia (FKUI) proposed that the preparation of the Health Bill be carried out more openly and participatively.
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