Be friendly to patients, Sujudi says

Be friendly to patients, Sujudi says

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Health Sujudi said medical personnel
should provide friendly service rather than callously ask
down payment from patients who enter the hospital door.

"Apart from (good) medical treatment, the friendliness of
medical personnel would help patients recover, particularly those
who are already suffering from distress," Sujudi said at the
inauguration of the Dr. Muhammad Yunus General Hospital in
Bengkulu yesterday.

He said medical workers should remember and practice the
"three S's", namely salam (greetings), senyum (smile), and sapa
(warm welcome) every time they received patients and their
families.

Unfriendly personnel would instead cause a different set of
"three S's", namely stress, which can lead to stroke and finally
sakit keras (severe illness), Sujudi was quoted as saying by
Antara.

He said he was confident the medical personnel in Bengkulu
could serve their patients well. (09)