Foreign Medical Staffs Limited
Thursday, 28 August, 2008 | 19:35 WIB

Tempo Interactive, Jakarta: The government is still limiting foreign capital at Indonesian hospitals and forbidding foreign medical staffs to work. According to Regulation No. 25/2007 about Capital Investment, foreign capital is allowed at 49 to 65 percent while foreign medical staffs cannot give direct service to patients, but consultation.

The Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said yesterday, that the sector should open the opportunity for foreigners as part of being a member of the World Trade Organization since November 2, 2004. But the government has been trying to limit it.

Fadilah expected the government to continue limiting participation as Indonesia is not yet ready. The global market will only be of benefit to strong countries and threaten countries with poor competitive power. However, she said the global market will open the opportunity for knowledge and technology transfers, also better health service.

She said the education system in Indonesia is not ready for globalization. Some medical faculties allocate 20 percent of their seats for foreign students. “It is not right to use public funds to educate foreigners,” she argued. Fadilah regretted the education system focusing only on preparing Indonesians as workers.

Fadilah suggested that the government organize the medical profession to be pro-public and protect the public from illegal medical practices.

Aqida Swamurti

in other words -- you want decent medical advice get on the first plane out of Indonesia

Strangely, it seems Indonesia's consumer watchdog is siding with the medical profession ... i can only guess that indonesian consumers are "not ready" for decent medical attention.

YLKI: Indonesian Doctors Not Ready for Globalization
Friday, 29 August, 2008 | 17:04 WIB

Tempo Interactive, Jakarta:The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) said the health community in Indonesia is not ready to face globalization because of its lack of appropriate medical education system and training in the health services.


YLKI executive, Tulus Abadi, said the quality of medical graduates is not on a part with the expensive tuition, and there is no standard curriculum for medical education. "Each university graduates come out with different standards of qualification," Tulus said yesterday.


Health Minister Siti Fadilah previously said the government is limiting foreign doctors practicing in the country and foreign investments in the health sector because Indonesia was not ready for globalization.


Tulus said, without standardized education Indonesian doctors cannot compete with those from other countries. According to him, doctors are made to be like politicians, having to spend a lot of money on their education and at the end they become only money-oriented. Tulus added that the service provided by doctors is still inadequate, that they are often busy noting down prescriptions rather than listening to the patients' complaints.

Indonesian Doctor Association chairman, Fachmi Idris, said globalization should not be seen as a threat; instead, we have to be prepared for the challenges, by creating a good system to select foreign doctors and manage the people's needs of doctors.


AQIDA SWAMURTI

Ah, the wonderful Siti strikes again, first Bird Flu samples now foreign medical staff.

In the absence of foreign Doctors being available (despite even their less than perfect track record) a lot of multi-nationals wil think twice about locating expats in Indonesia.

siti is a first-class moron, and a worthy representative of her profession in indonesia.

while hoards of half-trained, half-witted and arrogant doctors "practice" on the indonesian population, rich elites -- including the likes of siti -- jump on the first plane to singapore.

Wasn't she the one who went to Singapore for an arsehole transplant but the arsehole rejected her?