TERAWAN Agus Putranto’s appointment as the health minister on October 23 came under the spotlight. The controversial ‘brain wash’ technique he pioneered has remained a topic of debate.

The pros and cons stemmed from his dispute with the Indonesian Doctors  Association’s executive board (PB IDI) after the association’s medical ethics council (MKEK) issued a decree on March 23, 2018. The board viewed Terawan&rsq