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Executive Column: Australia-backed Sanusa Medika to boost health care in Indonesia
Aspen-backed Sanusa Medika hopes the hospital can provide international-level health care so instead of flying to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia or Australia, Indonesians can get treatment locally, like in Depok.
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Andrew Rochford (left) of Docta and Aspen Medical CEO Glenn Keys (right) say that Aspen Medical and Sanusa Medika are looking raise healthcare standards in Indonesia through clinicians' training.
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hree years ago, two Australia-based healthcare companies Aspen Medical and Docta signed an agreement to work together in investing US$1 billion in Indonesia with the aim of building 23 hospitals and 650 new clinics in the country, especially in West Java province in the next 20 years.
They formed a joint venture company, named Sanusa Medika with West Java's region-owned enterprise (BUMD) PT Jasa Sarana. On Tuesday, it starts construction of its first international standard hospital in Depok, West Java, named Aspen Medical Hospital Depok.
Sanusa Medika’s CEO, Andrew Rochford, and Aspen Medical founder and executive chairman Glenn Keys spoke with The Jakarta Post's Yohana Belinda about their plans and challenges in developing healthcare services, as well as ways to help the country stem the flood of Indonesians seeking medical treatment overseas instead of using local hospitals.
Question: How does Indonesia welcome foreign direct investment (FDI) in health care?
Andrew Rochford (AR): I have been here for seven years and it’s become easier.
I think that the wonderful thing about if you look into any economics of trade, is if you actually invite more of that and you grow the market and increase the standards within the market, everyone that's already in the market will see the benefit.
