The government must rearrange its regulations properly with an aim of preventing the tendency of insurance companies to implement adverse selection.

We underline the Health Ministry’s three focus programs for 2023 as a serious effort by the government to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. Vigilance should be maintained.

The surge in confirmed cases of Covid-19 is proof that the virus is still mutating and circulating in the country. Even though the pandemic has become an endemic, we still need to be vigilant.

The use of fomepizole as an antidote indicates an improvement in renal function in acute kidney injury patients. This drug also made new acute kidney injury cases and deaths decreased significantly.

The widespread fatal acute kidney injury (AKI) cases among children in Indonesia have prompted the suspension of the sale of syrup-based medications, which are blamed for the spike in infant deaths.

The COVID-19 cases are predicted to escalate in the second week of July. Vaccination is being pushed to strengthen community protection.

A diaspora doctor is also a “child of the nation”. They may work abroad, but not because they do not love their country. They have passion to contribute to developing their country.

The government is to prioritize health promotion and disease prevention as future intervention measures for the nation’s health services, with a view to reducing the public health burden.