Health Ministry asks Central Sulawesi to survey hospitals for revitalisation programme
The Indonesian Ministry of Health has asked the Central Sulawesi provincial government to survey regional hospitals (RSUD) that require repairs so they can be prioritised in the revitalisation programme in 2027.
“If there are hospitals that need repairs, we will carry out the construction,” said Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus during a working visit in Palu on Saturday.
He said the data collection is important to determine which hospitals most need repairs so that the revitalisation can be properly targeted.
The Health Ministry will revitalise 441 regional hospitals in stages in 2027, 2028 and 2029. Around 150 hospitals in the worst condition will be prioritised in the first phase.
He therefore asked the Central Sulawesi provincial government to coordinate with district and city governments to collect data and identify hospitals whose condition requires immediate attention.
“Those that are unfit, the first 150, if possible should be built next year. We need data on which ones most urgently need to be repaired next year,” he said.
The deputy minister also asked local governments to survey community health centres (puskesmas) that are damaged or no longer fit for use so they can be considered in the improvement of health service facilities.
He explained that the government has built 66 new hospitals in 66 districts that previously did not have a hospital.
Of that number, 22 hospitals have been completed, 20 are targeted for completion in 2026, and 24 others are targeted for completion in 2027.
With this construction, he said, the government is targeting all districts in Indonesia to have a hospital by 2027.
He said that for Central Sulawesi, Banggai Kepulauan Regency is one of the areas benefiting from the construction programme.
The deputy minister said the construction and revitalisation of hospitals uses a modern concept with integrated service flows, from the emergency unit (UGD) and polyclinics to other services.
According to him, improving the quality of health facilities must also be accompanied by the availability of adequate human resources and medical equipment so that the quality of health services becomes more evenly distributed throughout Indonesia.
“The human resources are good, the equipment is getting better. This is all being done by the government to provide equally good services everywhere,” he said.