Jakarta – The government continues to demonstrate its commitment to improving access to health services for the community through the Free Health Check (CKG) program. Since its launch, this program has been utilized by almost two million Indonesian citizens to obtain free health check services at various health facilities, including community health centers. Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin conveyed that the public’s enthusiasm for this program is very high, even reaching more than 100,000 checks every day.
Through mass checks, a number of dominant diseases have begun to be identified, such as dental health problems, high blood pressure, and blood sugar. “110,000 a day, so it can reach three million a month. This is a very encouraging number. The diseases identified, such as dental health problems, high blood pressure, and blood sugar,” said Minister of Health Minister Budi also revealed that dental problems are the most common complaint, driven by the limited number of dentists in community health centers. For this reason, the government is trying to increase the number of medical personnel, including dental personnel. “I just realized that 50 percent of health centers don’t have dentists. That’s why many people have dental problems.
The government is trying to increase the number of dental medical personnel through dental education institutions,” he said. Meanwhile, in eastern Indonesia, this program has begun to reach the Disadvantaged, Frontier, and Outermost (3T) areas. Acting Governor of Papua Ramses Limbong instructed health workers to actively socialize the CKG program to remote areas. “I ask the district and city governments to socialize CKG to the community to remote areas because this health management is important,” said Ramses in Jayapura. He added that the CKG program has been running in nine districts and cities in Papua Province.
However, a number of technical obstacles such as the use of applications are still challenges that need to be overcome immediately. Acting Head of the Papua Provincial Health Office, Arry Pongtiku, explained that CKG services cover various age groups, from newborns to adults. “In adulthood, the highest level of service is 100 percent blood sugar and blood pressure checks,” he explained. By continuing to expand the scope of CKG services, it is hoped that more and more people will benefit from early detection of disease, so that national health levels can continue to increase.
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