Prabowo's Dream: Every Regency and City to Have Advanced Hospitals for the People
President Prabowo Subianto has said the government will build and revitalise 441 Regional Public Hospitals (RSUD). The move is intended to improve public health facilities and infrastructure. Prabowo said there will eventually be hundreds of hospitals with adequate health facilities and advanced technological equipment to save the people.
“Our 514 regencies and cities must have advanced hospitals that can save the people as quickly as possible,” Prabowo said while delivering the Bill on the State Budget (APBN) for the 2027 Fiscal Year along with its Financial Note and Supporting Documents at the Nusantara Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta, Friday (14/8/2026).
In the initial phase, the government will build 66 hospitals in underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost regions. Of that number, 22 hospitals are already operational.
Prabowo further revealed that the government is sending heart examination equipment, CT scanners, mammography machines, ultrasound devices, and modern services to areas that previously had to refer patients to very distant locations. The government also plans to provide health facilities through Koperasi Merah Putih outlets.
“At every Koperasi Merah Putih outlet there will be a clinic where people can receive health services remotely,” he added.
In the next phase, the government will also build and revitalise RSUDs with facilities to handle the diseases causing the highest mortality rates, such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease, as well as maternal and child health services.
“A mother must no longer lose her life because the hospital is too far away. A father must no longer sell all his possessions because he has to seek treatment in a big city,” he said.
However, in realising this, there are challenges to be faced, namely resolving the shortage of general practitioners and specialists. Indonesia still needs an additional 84,781 general practitioners and 127,580 dentists. In addition, 481 regencies/cities need an additional 55,712 specialists.
This has prompted the government to open 9 new medical faculties, as well as 170 specialist and sub-specialist study programmes, both university-based and hospital-based.
“If necessary, we are considering inviting doctors from other countries to practise here for limited periods. Because if we wait for 127,000 dentists to graduate, we might have to wait for four presidents after me,” he concluded.