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President Joko Widodo announced a cabinet shakeup. One of those who was replaced was the Minister of Health, formerly Terawan Agus Putranto. To this position, Jokowi appointed BUMN Deputy Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin.
This is in the public eye because Budi is not a doctor. He is best known as a professional who has many skills in the banking world.
Several experts have commented on whether the position of Minister of Health is always held by a person who is a doctor. The following is a summary of detikcom from various sources.
Should someone who is a doctor always occupy the position of Minister of Health?
The late Dr. Kartono Muhammad, former president of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI), said that the candidate for Minister of Health does not have to be a doctor.
“The minister of health does not have to be a doctor, the important thing is to have a vision so that people are healthy. Don’t get stuck because the Ministry of Health has to be all doctors, ”Dr. Kartono said at the time.
The same was also conveyed by Prof. Hasbullah Thabrany, Professor at the Faculty of Public Health of the University of Indonesia (FKM UI). At that time, he emphasized that the position of Minister of Health was managerial in nature.
“It’s simple, the important thing is to be online with Jokowi,” said Professor Hasbullah Thabrany, a professor at the Faculty of Public Health at the University of Indonesia (FKM UI), when contacted by detikHealth some time ago.
“There is no need for doctors. Ministers are managerial in nature,” Thabrany said.
However, not a few people think that the Minister of Health still has to be a doctor. As Ari Fahrial Syam said, both this academic and clinical physician stressed the importance of having health experience in the performance of his position as Minister of Health.
“The job of the health minister cannot be done by a doctor. He must know what he is driving. It is difficult to know the problem if he does not work there,” said the doctor practicing at RSHM Jakarta.
He also emphasized that the position of Minister of Health is better not occupied by politicians.
“In the past it was said that the Ministry of Health was a hotbed of corruption. Because talking about sanitary standards is the easiest thing to corrupt, for example, the purchase of medical equipment. But so far it has been good, because there are no militants” Ari said.
Behind whether or not the position of Minister of Health is held by someone who is a doctor, the Vice President of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Physicians Association (PB IDI), Dr. Slamet Budiarto, SH, MHKes, said that this was entirely decision of the President.
“The prerogative of the president,” he said when contacted. detikcom Tuesday (12/22/2020).
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