00:00President Joko Widodo held an internal meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on July 2,
00:07regarding the water health industry.
00:10After attending the meeting, Minister of Health Budi Gunadisadikin said
00:15that the president gave two inputs to the ministers present,
00:19regarding the high price of health equipment and medicines,
00:23and asked to be equated with the price in neighboring countries, which tends to be cheaper.
00:29In addition, the president wants the domestic health industry to be able to move forward,
00:34especially for preparedness in the event of a health disaster,
00:38such as in the past COVID-19 pandemic.
00:41The Minister of Health also issued three inputs,
00:44including on the efficiency of trade management.
00:48First, we give an input,
00:51maybe from the trade path,
00:56there is still inefficiency,
00:59the management must be made more transparent and open,
01:04so that there is no price increase that is unreasonable or unnecessary
01:13in the purchase process.
01:17It is a matter of management and design of our purchase process.
01:25According to Menkes, he also had a discussion about tax efficiency
01:30with Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani in the meeting,
01:34so that it can be made simpler without disturbing state income.
01:39The coordination between related ministers is also one of the components
01:43that he encourages in an effort to achieve that efficiency.
01:47He even suggested the existence of an ecosystem in the ministry
01:51specifically to improve the health industry.
01:55From Jakarta, Arya Sindiara, Yogi Rahman,
01:58Antara News Agency, reporting.
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