MMC hospital raises room rates

MMC hospital raises room rates

JAKARTA (JP): The economic crisis has forced the Metropolitan
Medical Center (MMC) Hospital in Kuningan, South Jakarta, to
raise its upper-class room rates by 10 percent since last month,
its development director, Robby Tandiari, said Saturday.

Robby said the royal room rate and super VIP room rate were
raised from Rp 425,000 to Rp 450,000 and from Rp 400,000 to Rp
425,000 per day respectively, while the first-class rate
increased from Rp 175,000 to Rp 220,000.

He said the increase could not be avoided because prices for
health equipment increased up to an average of 300 percent
following the rupiah crash.

"There's no other choice because components of the room rates
include health equipment," he said.

The hospital decided not to raise the Rp 35,000 per day rate
for third-class rooms.

"The increase of the upper-class room rates is expected to
help subsidize the lower ones," he said

On Saturday, the hospital was visited by Victorian Minister of
Health and Aged Care Rob Knowles to explore the possibility of
making MMC a reference hospital for Australians traveling to
Indonesia.

"The authorization of MMC as the reference hospital will
enable Australians get medical treatment here without having to
go back to their country if they are sick during their travel
here," Robby said.

"But it is an initial step that needs to be further
developed," he said. (ind)