"Several SOEs run hospitals, I cannot tell which ones," the state-owned pharmaceutical company`s president director Syamsul Arifin said at his office here on Tuesday.
He admitted that the plan would be realized after the construction of a liver hospital in Jakarta is complete.
He said the plan was also aimed at making the company`s products available to the hospitals.
Minister Dahlan Iskan has signaled that SOEs-run hospitals could be fully run by SOEs that focus on hospitals and medication.
"However, we still have to find out whether the hospitals are good and how their conditions are. This will be one of the company`s expansion plans," he said.
Syamsul said if the SOEs-run hospitals are located in towns their services will be adjusted to the existing standards, while those in regional services will be made cheaper.
"What is important is that we provide good therapy, medication and services," he said.
Among the hospitals run by SOEs are RS Pertamina by oil and gas company PT Pertamina, RS Pelni by shipping company PT Pelni, RS Gatoel by plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara X. There are other hospitals run by fertilizer companies PT Pupuk Sriwijaya, PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, and RS Hasan Sadikin in Bandung.
Dahlan Iskan noted that nearly all SOEs have hospitals but they cannot be considered optimal, so an evaluation is needed in regard to their operations.
(T.KR-SSB/H-YH/INE/KR-BSR/F001)
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