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        "msgid": "social-minister-has-data-on-hospitals-rejecting-dialysis-patients-1774961840",
        "date": "2026-03-31 19:10:33",
        "title": "Social Minister Has Data on Hospitals Rejecting Dialysis Patients",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf has received data on hospitals refusing dialysis treatment to patients covered under the BPJS Kesehatan PBI programme, particularly following the sudden deactivation of participant statuses on 1 February 2026, which raised concerns over payment guarantees. He plans to review this with the Health Ministry and BPJS Kesehatan, emphasising that sanctions should be imposed on violators as per regulations, and underscoring the legal obligation under the 2023 Health Law to treat emergency cases without refusal. Community leader Tony Richard Samosir highlighted the vulnerability of the 136,000 active dialysis patients, mostly poor, and noted widespread rejections across provinces, predominantly by private hospitals but also some public ones, urging immediate action to protect lives.",
        "content": "<p>Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf has stated that he has received data\non which hospitals are refusing dialysis patients who are participants\nin the BPJS Kesehatan PBI programme. The man known as Gus Ipul will\nstudy the data on these hospitals with the Ministry of Health and BPJS\nKesehatan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that if there is indeed proven violation, then that health\nfacility or hospital can be given sanctions in accordance with statutory\nprovisions,\u201d said Gus Ipul at the Ministry of Social Affairs office in\nCentral Jakarta on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Gus Ipul emphasised that hospitals and health facilities must not\nrefuse patients who need emergency treatment, for example, dialysis\npatients. He said that hospitals that refuse are usually worried about\nwho will pay for the patient\u2019s treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals are refusing dialysis patients whose PBI BPJS Kesehatan\nmembership was suddenly deactivated on 1 February 2026. Hospitals are\nsuspected of being concerned about the lack of payment guarantees from\nBPJS Kesehatan due to this deactivation.<\/p>\n<p>The General Chairman of the Indonesian Dialysis Patient Community\n(KPCDI), Tony Richard Samosir, said that the number of kidney failure\npatients is 200,000, with 136,000 active dialysis patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDialysis patients are vulnerable to poverty because they have to\nundergo dialysis two to three times a week for the rest of their lives,\u201d\nsaid Tony.<\/p>\n<p>Tony explained that dialysis patients have to incur large costs and\nwill never recover for the rest of their lives. Therefore, he hopes that\nno more hospitals will refuse dialysis patients because it concerns\npatient safety.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, said Tony, the Health Law No.\u00a017 of 2023 mandates that\nhospitals must not refuse patients and must treat them first.\n\u201cEspecially these dialysis patients, which are life-sustaining in nature\nand must be treated. If they do not receive dialysis therapy, they will\nexperience death or a more severe deterioration,\u201d stated Tony.<\/p>\n<p>Tony said he has submitted data on hospitals refusing dialysis\npatients to the Social Minister. Although he did not detail the specific\nnumber and names, Tony said these hospitals are spread across various\nprovinces from DKI Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Central Java, Southeast\nSulawesi, South Sumatra, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest Java and Central Java have the most because the dialysis units\nare indeed the most numerous there,\u201d said Tony.<\/p>\n<p>Tony revealed that private hospitals are the ones most frequently\nrefusing because 70 percent of the total 1,200 dialysis units are in\nprivate hospitals. However, Tony said that government hospitals also\nrefuse dialysis patients. \u201cThere are central government hospitals. Those\nbelonging to the Ministry of Health.\u201d<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/social-minister-has-data-on-hospitals-rejecting-dialysis-patients-1774961840",
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