Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated in Jakarta on Tuesday that the initiative initially began in Eastern Indonesia.
The ministry has partnered with a social organization to provide mobile health services, particularly for surgeries aboard a hospital ship. Furthermore, the ministry is collaborating with the National Health Insurance Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) to ensure wider public access to the program.
"This social organization has collaborated with the Seribu Islands government. Previously, they could treat 500 to 1,000 patients with all kinds of complaints at one visit," he said.
He revealed that the most common cases handled in operations aboard the ship were minor operations, such as lumps, appendicitis, and caesarean sections.
However, he said, the ship-based social health organization recently reported several challenges, particularly the cost of docking.
In response, Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo stated that he would provide full support to the social organization's needs.
He emphasized that his office would provide special facilities for the hospital ship mooring in the Jakarta area.
"Firstly, for ship parking or mooring in Angke, we will of course provide special facilities, and we will also cover the mooring costs," he said.
According to him, the presence of the hospital ship was very beneficial for the residents of the Seribu Islands.
"Because the people of the Seribu Islands benefit the most, and I think this is a program that we need. The Minister of Health, who is collaborating with the private sector, is very kind," he said.
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