While delivering a speech at the launch of the Health Ministry's Makassar Hospital, which was accessed online via the Presidential Secretariat's channel here on Friday, the minister said that the two new hospitals are part of the 10 facilities that the government will inaugurate before October 2024.
"Today is part of the launching series, which is the seventh and eighth hospitals out of 10 that the President has planned to inaugurate before October," he added.
The 10 hospitals are expected to improve the quality of health services and ensure equitable health access for people living in Indonesia's eastern regions.
The Health Ministry's Makassar Hospital will function as a center for treating cancer, stroke, and cardiovascular diseases.
"This facility will serve patients from the Maluku, Papua, and Kalimantan regions, hence, reducing the need for patient referral to hospitals in Java or Jakarta," Sadikin informed.
According to the minister, there are several government hospitals in Kalimantan, Papua, and Maluku, but if patients require treatment with more modern equipment and more qualified doctors, they can now be referred to the superhub hospital in Makassar.
He informed that the Makassar Hospital is equipped with advanced technology and competent health workers. Its construction began in 2022 with a budget of Rp1.56 trillion or around US$101 million.
Sadikin also launched the Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Central General Hospital on Friday, which will serve mothers and children.
The hospital, which aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality due to premature birth, has 900 rooms and 250 special rooms.
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