Senior Paediatric Heart Consultant Dr Piprim Claims Dismissal by Health Minister BGS
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — Senior paediatric heart consultant Dr Piprim Basarah Yanuarso has stated that he was dismissed by Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin. Piprim conveyed the news of his dismissal in a video posted on his Instagram account @dri.piprim on Sunday (15/2).
“Assalamualaikum warrohmatullahiwabarakatuh, I have finally been dismissed by Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin,” Piprim said in the video.
In the recording, he also extended his apologies to all patients at Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central General Hospital (RSCM), students at the University of Indonesia, residents, trainee paediatricians, and fellows training as paediatric heart consultants.
“I sincerely apologise as I can no longer accompany you in pursuing your education,” said Piprim.
On the same occasion, he also addressed his stance regarding the collegium, which currently falls under the Ministry of Health. According to information received from senior colleagues, if Piprim did not support the body, he risked being transferred. Piprim then explained that his decision to fight for the collegium’s independence and reject placing the organisation under the Health Minister was in accordance with the mandate of the national congress.
“I was merely carrying out the mandate of the national congress in Semarang that the Indonesian Paediatric Health Sciences Collegium should remain independently established,” he said.
Prior to the dismissal announcement, Piprim had been transferred from RSCM to Fatmawati National Central General Hospital in April 2025. He was asked to assist in developing paediatric cardiac services at Fatmawati Hospital. However, Piprim considered the transfer process to be non-transparent, illegal, and abrupt. He even filed a lawsuit at the State Administrative Court (PTUN) regarding the transfer.
Then on 2 February 2026, a document circulated regarding an honourable discharge not at his own request, citing Piprim’s dismissal in connection with civil servant disciplinary violations.
Fatmawati Hospital’s Response
Not far from the contents of that document, Fatmawati Hospital Director Wahyu Widodo emphasised that Piprim’s dismissal as a civil servant (ASN) paediatric specialist was not politically motivated. Wahyu stressed that Piprim’s dismissal as a civil servant was due to his absence for 28 working days or more, based on Government Regulation No. 94 of 2021 concerning Civil Servant Discipline.
“So we really had to impose discipline and sanctions. The most recent matter relates to the article stating consecutive absences, failure to carry out duties — a serious violation for civil servants,” he said on Sunday (15/2).
Wahyu considered that the paediatric specialist was well aware of the risk of having his civil servant status revoked since he had never responded to Fatmawati Hospital’s summons to continue practising. Piprim reportedly never attended since his transfer decision took effect. Before his civil servant status was revoked, he had already received graduated warnings ranging from reprimands to a First Warning Letter.
Wahyu expressed regret at Piprim’s refusal to continue practising at Fatmawati Hospital on the grounds that the transfer was not carried out according to proper procedures and his insistence that his transfer was invalid.
“In terms of procedure, we also received a letter from RSCM stating that his salary had been transferred so that payment is no longer made through RSCM but through Fatmawati Hospital,” said Wahyu. “This means that legally he had officially become a Fatmawati employee, legally,” he added.
Chronology of Piprim’s Dismissal According to Fatmawati Hospital
15 September 2025: The Director of Fatmawati Hospital imposed disciplinary action in the form of a written reprimand for violating Government Regulation No. 94 of 2021 concerning Civil Servant Discipline, namely failing to carry out official duties with full dedication, honesty, awareness, and responsibility, and Article 4 paragraph (f), namely not attending work and not complying with working hour provisions.
16 September 2025: Piprim reportedly again failed to attend work without valid reason. The Investigation Team issued a summons on 16 September 2025, but he did not attend Summons I. A second summons was issued on 25 September 2025 requiring him to appear before the investigation team on 8 October 2025, which he attended.
25 August 2025: Two summons had been issued — Summons I and Summons II dated 3 September 2025 — but he never attended either.
8 October 2025: Based on the examination report of Piprim, it was established that he had been resisting from the outset and was fully aware of the consequences, namely dismissal at the maximum, and that his actions were carried out consciously. Based on this account, he was found to have committed a serious disciplinary violation by never attending work without valid reason at Fatmawati Hospital since 26 March 2025, the date of his Civil Servant Transfer within the Ministry of Health.
29 October 2025: A letter from the Director of Fatmawati Hospital dated 14 October 2025 stated that he had not attended work and had been continuously absent since April 2025 up to the present.