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        "id": 1646602,
        "msgid": "chronic-disease-patients-hope-for-no-more-hospital-rejections-1774958105",
        "date": "2026-03-31 18:10:29",
        "title": "Chronic Disease Patients Hope for No More Hospital Rejections",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Dialysis Patient Community (KPCDI) has called for hospitals and health facilities to commit to not rejecting services for kidney failure patients or other chronic illnesses, following the reactivation of National Health Insurance (JKN) contributions for aid recipients. With around 136,000 active dialysis patients in Indonesia facing lifelong, high-cost treatments that risk pushing them into poverty, KPCDI urges strict enforcement of health laws mandating emergency care without refusal. The Social Minister emphasised government efforts to consolidate data for accurate aid targeting and partnerships with philanthropic institutions to ensure no citizen is denied healthcare due to economic issues, aligning with the President's directive.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Dialysis Patient Community (KPCDI)\nhopes for a commitment from hospitals and health facilities to no longer\nreject services for kidney failure patients or other chronic diseases\nfollowing the guarantee of reactivating membership for National Health\nInsurance (JKN) aid recipients (PBI JKN).<\/p>\n<p>KPCDI General Chairman Tony Richard Samosir stated that dialysis\nservices are ongoing to sustain life, so delays in treatment due to\nadministrative hurdles pose a fatal risk to patient safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge that in the future there are no more small obstacles like\nmembership termination that lead to hospitals rejecting patients. In\naccordance with the mandate of Law No.\u00a017 of 2023 on Health, health\nfacilities are obliged to provide first aid and must not refuse\npatients,\u201d he said during a press conference after a limited meeting\nwith the Social Minister and the Director of BPJS Health in Jakarta on\nTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Based on data held by KPCDI for 2024, there are approximately 136,000\nactive dialysis patients in Indonesia. Tony noted that this group is\nhighly vulnerable to falling into the abyss of poverty because they must\nundergo therapy two to three times a week for life at very high\ncosts.<\/p>\n<p>He assured coordination with the Ministry of Health and BPJS Health\nto impose strict sanctions on health facilities proven to violate\nregulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo hospital may refuse patients who need emergency treatment. We ask\nthe public to report if they find such practices, because providing care\nwithout regard to payment status is a legal requirement,\u201d said the\nSocial Minister, familiarly known as Gus Ipul.<\/p>\n<p>Gus Ipul explained that the government is currently consolidating\ndata to ensure that 96.8 million APBN PBI recipients and 47 million APBD\nPBI souls are truly on target.<\/p>\n<p>As a precautionary measure, the Ministry of Social Affairs is also\nopening avenues for cooperation with philanthropic institutions such as\nBaznas to support underprivileged citizens facing treatment cost\nbarriers. This is done to ensure the President\u2019s directive that no\ncitizen\u2019s health is neglected due to economic problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo basically we can resolve what is needed by citizens to obtain\nhealthcare. I think that\u2019s it, I want to add a little,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/chronic-disease-patients-hope-for-no-more-hospital-rejections-1774958105",
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