City Targets Accreditation for All Puskesmas and RSUK in 2018
access_time August 02 2016 05:20 PM remove_red_eye 2043
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Jakarta Governor, Basuki T. Purnama targets to give accreditation for all community health center (puskesmas) and sub-district hospital (RSUK). Those health facilities must improve the facilities to get the accreditation.
I want it to get fast. But seeing the development, our target is in 2018
“I want it to get fast. But seeing the development, our target is in 2018,” he said, Tuesday (8/2).
Accreditation is divided into four stages. First stage is given for 13 sub-district puskesmas and 12 RSUKs. Jakarta has 305 urban village puskesmas, 44 sub-district puskesmas and 20 RSUKs.
Puskesmas Quality is as Good as Clinic“We want to build another health facility to improve our service. Some of existing health facilities also need improvement,” he added.
Meanwhile, Koesmedi Priharto, Jakarta Head Dept. of Health, admitted other puskesmas are still processing to get the accreditation.
According to him, only completed puskesmas and RSUK will get accreditation. Not only complete facilities, puskesmas must also has three specialist doctors minimal.