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In addition to serving as Deputy Minister of BUMN, Budi Gunadi Sadikin is also known for his experience as a banker. He also served as Chairman of Bank Mandiri from 2013-2016.
Sidrotun Naim, a policy analyst at the Indonesian Strategic Institute (Instrat), admitted that throughout Indonesia’s history, the health minister generally had medical experience. However, Indonesia once had a Minister of Health with engineering expertise.
“We once had a minister of health with engineering background, namely, Ir Mananti Sitompul, he was minister of Public Works (Public Works) and at the same time minister of Health in the 1948 Emergency Cabinet,” Sidratun said in Bandung, on Tuesday (12/22/2020).
According to him, in a position to fight the current Covid-19 pandemic, many countries also have ministers of health with non-medical-medical backgrounds, including Singapore, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, Australia and Thailand. “Abroad, the Minister of Health with a non-medical-medical background is not new,” he said.
Sidratun, who also works as a virologist, continued, learning from the Covid-19 pandemic, now everyone is learning to deal with various problems caused by the pandemic, from the complexity of insurance and medical services to the problem of vaccines.
He also said that the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) is not only facing the problem of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the Ministry of Health must also be able to manage health services in general, including non-medical factors such as human resources (HR), service systems, financing, nutrition, nutrition and others. “So it is appropriate if the health minister is occupied by people who understand finance and international lobbying,” he said.
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Furthermore, Sidratun said, based on his observations, Budi Gunadi Sadikin or who is familiarly called BGS as a quick learner. He considered that this figure was necessary in the current pandemic era.
“He is also a tactician, appreciates arguments but also knows when to make decisions, executes and does not take long discussions,” he said.
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It revealed that state hospitals in Indonesia were very tactical in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. This, Sidratun said, was due in part to the factor of BGS as deputy minister of BUMN.
Not only that, a series of quick-execution steps at the beginning of the pandemic, such as wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) from China, raw materials for medicines from India and others also due to the role of BGS in its capacity as Vice Minister of BUMN, especially in the Garuda Indonesia deployment.
“Hopefully, with this cabinet shakeup, we will all fight to face 2021 under more tactical leadership that the public will trust,” he said.
Meanwhile, political observer Idil Akbar said it was okay that the Minister of Health was not occupied by a doctor or a health expert. He explained that what is needed from a minister is solid leadership and management.
“Although he is not a doctor, Budi Gunadi is a minister, but in the Ministry of Health, almost all the CEOs are doctors and understand much better. He only handles leadership in health management and management in her so that she can be better. “he said when contacted. SINDOnews, Tuesday (12/22/2020).
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