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Indonesia’s efforts to improve health sector encounter resistance from doctors’ association
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By law, all doctors in Indonesia must be an IDI member to practise medicine.
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JAKARTA The Indonesian government’s efforts to improve the health sector for the welfare of its 270 million population have encountered an unexpected obstacle: The powerful Indonesian Medical Association (IDI).
The association’s bureaucracy and control over who can practise medicine have led to fewer doctors becoming medical specialists. This has led to long wait times to get doctor’s appointments and rushed consultation sessions.
