We will try to prepare specialist doctors by 2024 because we will be a referral hospital.
Manokwari, West Papua (ANTARA) - The West Papua Regional General Hospital (RSUD) is making preparations to obtain its "Perdana" or 1-star accreditation for the quality of management and patient services.

"We are preparing for it and plan to complete it by October or early November this year," the director of West Papua RSUD, Dr. Arnoldus Tiniap, informed here on Thursday.

He said that the hospital's accreditation is a key requirement to collaborate with the state-owned Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) and consolidate support from the Ministry of Health.

So far, the hospital has established collaboration with BPJS Kesehatan by signing a commitment to serve patients registered in the National Health Insurance (JKN) program.

"Accreditation is very important. This provincial hospital just started operating, and within a year it must be accredited," Tiniap said.

He assured that the hospital's management is striving to improve resources in terms of infrastructure, facilities, and medical personnel to optimize health services for West Papua residents.

He said that the hospital is looking for one obstetrician and one otolaryngologist.

"We need two more specialists to optimize our services. We lack an obstetrician and an otolaryngologist," he added.

Meanwhile, the hospital currently has workers who can provide basic health services, such as pediatricians, surgeons, internal medicine specialists, ophthalmologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists.

Since its establishment in May 2022, West Papua RSUD has been expected to become a regional referral hospital that has specialists who can treat heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, hypertension, and cancer.

"We will try to prepare specialist doctors by 2024 because we will be a referral hospital," Tiniap said.

The hospital has also received support from the Health Ministry through the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) to purchase items such as patient beds, he informed.

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