Taruna Ikrar, Chairman, Medical Council: No Need to be Afraid of Foreign Doctors
It is only a matter of time for foreign doctors to start work in Indonesia. According to Chairman of the Medical Council of the Indonesian Medical Council (KKI), Taruna Ikrar, sooner or later, Indonesian doctors across the archipelago must prepare themselves for tough competition.
Tempo
November 16, 2020
AS the country faces an imminent shortage of medical doctors, the country needs to open its door to foreign doctors to fill the gap. “We will be short of around 160,000 doctors by 2030,” said Taruna, 51, in a special interview with Tempo in his office on November 11.
The idea to ‘import’ foreign doctors has been floated several times by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan
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