More funds needed for interns: KPKI

More funds needed for interns: KPKI

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Medical Education Committee (KPKI)
demanded the government on Tuesday to allocate more funds for
doctors while they are doing their internships.

The KPKI said that currently the government allocated just Rp
6 million (US$666.67) per intern each year for training, while
the training program actually costs around Rp 38 million per
person per year.

Each year, Indonesia has around 3,000 fresh medical graduates
who must do an internship.

In Malaysia, according to KPKI, internship costs average the
equivalent of Rp 29 million per person per year, but its
government allocates Rp 111 million for each intern. -- JP