Medical industry needs workers

Medical industry needs workers

JAKARTA: The medical industry needs 21,057 workers to be
employed in pharmaceutical companies, drug stores, cosmetics
factories, hospitals, medical equipment companies and traditional
medicine firms.

The Association of Pharmaceutical Product Manufacturers
chairman, Anthony Ch. Sunarjo, said on Friday that big
pharmaceutical firms may currently have an ideal composition of
workers but most small and medium-scale firms in the industry
still lacked employees.

Speaking at a seminar on Education and the Pharmaceutical
Profession, he also reminded Indonesian workers in the field to
prepare for stiff competition in the upcoming free trade area.

"It is possible that they will fail in the competition with
foreign workers if they do not adjust to market demand," Anthony
said. --Antara