Jakarta, VIVA \u2013 Paediatric cardiac consultant Dr Piprim Basarah\nYunarso has claimed he was dismissed by Health Minister Budi Gunadi\nSadikin. News of Dr Piprim\u2019s sacking was conveyed directly through his\npersonal Instagram account.<\/p>\n
The Chairman of the Indonesian Paediatric Association (IDAI) also\nissued an apology to all child patients at Cipto Mangunkusumo General\nHospital (RSCM), medical students at the University of Indonesia,\nresidents, aspiring paediatricians, and fellows training as paediatric\ncardiac consultants, following his dismissal.<\/p>\n
In the video, Piprim explained that two months before being forcibly\ntransferred by the Director General of Advanced Health Services at the\nMinistry of Health, Dr Azhar Jaya, he had been summoned by a senior\nprofessor. His senior colleague reportedly told him that if he did not\ncooperate with the collegium currently under the Ministry of Health\u2019s\nauthority, he could be transferred.<\/p>\n
At the time, he said he was merely carrying out the mandate of the\nNational Congress of Paediatric Science in Semarang, which had resolved\nthat the Indonesian Paediatric Collegium must remain independent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me, \u2018Prim, if you refuse to cooperate with the collegium\nestablished by the Health Minister, you will be transferred,\u2019 whereas I\nwas simply carrying out the mandate of the National Congress of\nPaediatric Science in Semarang that the Indonesian Paediatric Collegium\nmust remain independent,\u201d he said, as quoted from his personal Instagram\naccount on Monday, 16 February 2026.<\/p>\n
Piprim stated that the decision for the Indonesian Paediatric\nCollegium to remain independent had also been reinforced by a\nConstitutional Court ruling which stipulated that collegiums must be\nindependent in nature. However, he said his insistence on collegium\nindependence ultimately resulted in a forced transfer to Fatmawati\nGeneral Hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut my struggle, together with colleagues at IDAI and professors who\nwanted this collegium to remain independent, resulted in a forced\ntransfer, and because I refused a transfer that did not comply with the\nmeritocracy principles governing civil servant transfers, I was\nsubsequently dismissed by the Health Minister,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a decision document bearing the title \u2018honourable\ndischarge not at own request as a civil servant\u2019, signed by Health\nMinister Budi Gunadi Sadikin and dated 2 February 2026, states that the\ngrounds for Dr Piprim\u2019s dismissal relate to violations of civil servant\ndisciplinary regulations.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/chronology-of-idai-chairman-dr-piprims-dismissal-by-health-minister-budi-gunadi-1771308833", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }