IDI Chief: Foreign Doctors Cannot Enter Indiscriminately
Chair of IDI, Mohammad Adib Khumaidi, discusses the polemic over the plan to allow foreign doctors to practice in Indonesia. He emphasizes stringent regulations are necessary.
Sunudyantoro
July 22, 2024
THE controversy surrounding the policy on foreign doctors caused the Dean of Medicine at Airlangga University, Budi Santoso to lose his position in the first week of July. The obstetrician was allegedly fired for his criticism of the government’s plan to open the door to overseas doctors. The dismissal was eventually annulled after the university’s Rector Mohammad Nasih reinstated Budi on Wednesday, July 10.
To Mohammad Adib Khu
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