Govt shifts focus from handling pandemic to improving health services
Jakarta, Dec. 1 -- The government's priority in the health sector has shifted from handling the COVID-19 pandemic to improving the quality of public health services, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin informed at the Presidential Office here on Thursday.
In view of this, the Health Ministry will provide sufficient budget allocations for the revitalization of health facilities, such as community health centers and integrated health posts, as well as for promotive and preventive health programs.
"The number one focus is the primary service. It is one of our priorities to keep our community healthy, not to treat sick people," he remarked, according to a statement issued by the press bureau of the Presidential Secretariat.
The minister sa...
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