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View all search resultsThe government has spent nearly half of the Rp 96.17 trillion (US$6.7 billion) healthcare budget allocated in the coronavirus stimulus as patients overwhelm hospitals and people struggle to get tested.
A coalition of medical associations is planning to file a judicial review and issue a subpoena to Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto over a recently issued ministerial regulation on clinical radiology, which the group has deemed “an abuse of power”.
Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto, a radiologist who heads the Indonesian Radiology Specialists Association (PDSRI), has come under fire yet again after issuing a regulation that many doctors say prioritizes radiologists and could have negative impacts on prompt treatment of patients.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Wednesday 17 new members of the Indonesian Medical Council, albeit to the dismay of medical workers associations who claimed that none of the chosen names had been among candidates proposed by the groups.
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