Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Joko Widodo reviewed the services of National Health Insurance System (BPJS) and Indonesia Health Card (KIS) at the General Education Hospital of Dr. Hasan Sadikin in Bandung, Thursday.

Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat, Bey Machmudin, in his release, revealed the Head of State, directly inspected the hospital`s service on site, stating that 56 percent of the 976 rooms in the hospital are class 3 rooms.

"89.9 percent of the total patients were under the KIS and BPJS administrations, which is a very high number. There were also six percent of Regional Health Insurance members," he stated.

The President also said that the condition of the 3rd class rooms at that moment were fulfilled by patients who were receiving treatments.

"This means that almost 100 percent of these hospitals do provide services to communities that have links with BPJS and KIS," he added.

As for services in the 3rd class room, the President did not hear any complaints from the patients.

Similarly, the queue for the BPJS services was running quickly and in accordance with the existing procedures.

"There were many lockets that could accommodate to BPJS members, so even when I ask myself, there were no complaints at all," he reiterated.

The review, he continued, was important given the many voices that encouraged him to see and hear services in every hospital firsthand.

"This is a form management control and supervision management. As I happen to be in Bandung, I intentionally check the facility," he said.

Additionally, the President also saw a number of health facilities in Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, including the National Health Service Service Control Center or P3JKN, fraud control room, outpatient registration counter, and Kemuning 3rd floor inpatient treatment room.

Accompanying the President in the activity were Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Public Works and Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, Member of Presidential Advisory Council Agum Gumelar, West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan and Director of Dr Hasan Sadikin General Hospital dr. R Nina Susana Dewi.

Reported by Joko Susilo
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