Jakarta, July 17 -- The Higher Education, Science, and Technology Ministry and teams from medical faculties and the Ministry of Health, will soon launch a special task force to accelerate the increase in the number of doctors in Indonesia.

Higher Education, Science, and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto affirmed that the ministry had coordinated with the deans of several medical faculties and Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin regarding the number of doctors required.

"Maybe next week, we will launch the acceleration task force," he stated during a meeting with Commission X of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Yuliarto emphasized that his ministry is collaborating with these partners to achieve the target of...