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Game Station – The distribution of specialist doctors in Indonesia is still a problem in the national health service system. This situation causes people to prefer to seek treatment abroad. The distribution of specialist doctors is not evenly distributed, people prefer to seek treatment abroad
As a result, other countries receive almost $6 billion in foreign exchange per year or around IDR 100 trillion. This was expressed by the President Commissioner of PT Siloam International Hospitals Tbk (SILO) John Riady.
According to him, the quality of specialist doctors in Indonesia is not inferior, many even outperform their colleagues abroad because they are used to dealing with more complex and serious health problems at home. Illustration of a doctor, they are doctors who have to enter IDI (Pixabay/parentingupstream) Jungkook BTS Becomes the Kpop Idol Most Chosen to Accompany During Chinese New Year
In fact, in Jakarta the presence of specialist doctors is still consolidated. “The further you are from big cities, the quality and number of doctors decreases,” he said in his latest statement.
This also supports President Joko Widodo’s concerns about the phenomenon of many people seeking treatment abroad, which costs $6 billion per year.
President Jokowi revealed that upper class people tend to seek treatment abroad, such as Singapore, Malaysia and Japan, because they do not appreciate the existence of hospitals and health services in the country.
“Because people see at home whether their hospitals, health workers or medical equipment are not ready and it is better to seek treatment abroad than at home,” he said.
John said that currently the number of doctors is only around 81,011 people, with the largest distribution being on the island of Java, especially in Jabudatbak. This ratio only reaches 0.3 per 1,000 population.
“The weak health sector in Indonesia actually benefits neighboring countries whose health industries are more advanced. “The problem is, in terms of the supply of national health services, it is considered very lacking, especially in terms of quantity, Indonesia only has a bed ratio of 1.33 per 1,000 people,” he added.
The health sector is actually one of the pillars of national economic income. In addition, there is an increase in need in line with predictions of future epidemics and growth in people’s incomes. Indonesia has a large market for the healthcare industry, and around 600,000 Indonesians go abroad.
“In the future, society’s trend towards health will continue to increase. “In fact, healthy living has now become a lifestyle,” said John.
This is what has encouraged the Lippo Group to invest in the health sector for a long time with the establishment of the Siloam hospital in Lippo Karavaci in 1992. Without a doubt, the Lippo Group’s vision in the health sector is directly aimed at health services of the best quality.
John said this was demonstrated by being the first hospital to partner with Gleneagle Hospital in Singapore and achieving Joint Commission International or JCI accreditation. This certification is an international health standard. The distribution of specialist doctors is not evenly distributed, people prefer to seek treatment abroad
For this reason, Siloam places many specialist doctors in the regions and improves their quality according to international standards, such as the Siloam Labuan Bajo International Medical Center (LIMC).
“In order to provide convenience to local communities and foreign tourists to support tourism recovery and increase the number of tourists to Labuan Bajo in the future,” he explained.