"Sending them to Unpad's Medical School is a follow-up to the Jayapura city government's collaboration with Unpad," Acting Jayapura Mayor Frans Pekey said in a press statement here Wednesday.
These eight general practitioners had left Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, for Bandung, the capital of West Java Province, on June 5.
Prior to their departure, they had met all requirements for being admitted to the university, Pekey said, adding that they would study seriously and become successes.
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The doctors are fully funded by the city government for their five-year study to obtain their specialized degrees at the university's Faculty of Medicine, he said.
"We hope they will be more professional after obtaining the specialist doctor education. So, when coming back to Jayapura, they will be able to provide the city's residents with the best services," he said.
Meanwhile, Dean of Unpad's Faculty of Medicine Yudi Maulana Hidayat said he highly appreciated the Jayapura city administration for sending the general practitioners to join the specialist doctor education program.
"This shows the Jayapura city government's serious attention to a need of human capital investment in the health sector, because receiving good quality health services is the rights of all Indonesians," he said.
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