After meeting with the president at the Presidential Palace Complex here, Sadikin stated that evaluations of the CKG implementation found widespread dental issues among health check participants. "Our dental health is very bad," the minister remarked.
He noted that the finding aligns with the fact that over four thousand out of 10 thousand puskesmas nationwide have no dentists. In comparison, only 600 puskesmas lack doctors on duty.
"It will be my task to improve (the dental health) of schoolchildren, as well as adults and the elderly," the minister affirmed.
At the same meeting, Sadikin confirmed that President Prabowo is willing to inaugurate three new hospitals in several regions, including a major hospital operated by the Health Ministry in Jayapura, Papua.
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The minister revealed that the second hospital will be a heart hospital in Surakarta, Central Java, developed with a grant from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The third hospital will be the Mahar Mardjono National Brain Central Hospital in South Jakarta, he said. "The president is willing to officiate this hospital soon," Sadikin remarked.
The Rp1.03 trillion (around US$62.9 million) Mahar Mardjono Hospital is being developed as a medical and health education center dedicated to brain health. The hospital complex comprises three main buildings equipped with modern technologies to support thorough neurology treatment.
The Indonesian government rolled out the CKG program on February 10, 2025, aimed at improving the health quality of Indonesians and reducing the burden caused by preventable diseases.
Meanwhile, the program's implementation at schools began on Monday (August 4), designed to reach every child in the nation without exception, in line with the principle of "no one left behind."
With a target of reaching 280 million citizens nationwide, the health screening program is projected to become one of the largest in the world.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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