Remarks of President of the Republic of Indonesia during the Meeting with Participants of National Health Insurance-Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN/KIS), in Gunungkidul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, January 30, 2024
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
I am a patient.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Susanto, alright.
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
I am a dialysis patient that have gone through …
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Dialysis, right? Dialysis.
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
I have gone through treatment for 10 years, sir.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Ten years of dialysis treatment, I see.
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
My friends here are also patients.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Oh, also dialysis patients? I see. Be careful, you all should be in good health, because how many times you should get dialysis treatment per week?
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
Two times a week, sir.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Per week?
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
Two times.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Two times per week or once per two weeks?
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
Two times a week.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Two times a week?
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
Basically, we should have dialysis treatment every day.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Oh, I see. For 10 years?
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
Yes, sir.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
I see, any bills to pay?
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
No.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
Not at all?
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
Not at all. Basically, since Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS) has been running, alhamdulillah, hemodialysis patients can enjoy the benefit, sir.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
I see.
Representative of JKN-KIS Participant (Susanto)
As long as we have been treated, we have paid none, alhamdulillah, it is free.
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo)
You can all imagine what Susanto has said, having dialysis treatment two times a week, it costs Rp820 thousand per dialysis treatment, type A treatment costs Rp1.2 million. Imagine, two times a week, how much does it cost per year? How much does it cost per ten years? It is the Government’s task, the task of the state to provide security to the people with health problems.
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