Jakarta, September 21, 2022

The Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Dante Saksono Harbuwono together with the President Director of the Harapan Kita Heart and Blood Vessel Hospital, Iwan Dakota made a working visit to Cleveland, United States on 11-15 September 2022.

The agenda of this visit is to explore the potential for cooperation between RSJPAD Harapan Kita and Cleveland Clinic in terms of developing cardiovascular services in Indonesia.

During his visit to the Cleveland Clinic, the Deputy Minister of Health met with many representatives to discuss potential collaborations and to see firsthand the existing health services and facilities at Cleveland Clinic which include pre-operative rooms, post-operative rooms, intensive care rooms, operating rooms, and operating rooms. minimally invasive.

"In a special meeting session with many Cleveland Clinic representatives, we had the opportunity to discuss potential collaborations that we could develop to help advance cardiac services in Indonesia," said the Deputy Minister of Health.

Cleveland Clinic is the No. 1 cardiac care hospital. 1 in the world based on the results of a survey conducted by US News & World Reports. This ranking has been successfully maintained since 1995.

Cleveland Clinic has 9 specialist services. One of them, the Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute (HVTI) which is the largest cardiovascular service in the United States. Each year, HVTI is capable of performing 50 heart transplants and serving 90-100 thousand echocardiography.

The Vice Minister of Health explained that the exploration of this partnership as a form of implementation of the second pillar of health transformation believes the transformation of referral services to improve access and quality of secondary and tertiary services, especially heart disease services so that they can be developed such as HVTI.

The Deputy Minister of Health said that currently there are not many hospitals that can provide integrated cardiovascular services in Indonesia. Of course, this raises problems, because patients have to be referred to a central hospital, as a result, the waiting time for services becomes very long. Not infrequently many patients choose to seek treatment abroad to get heart services.

Through this collaboration, it is hoped that it will be beneficial for equitable access to heart services in Indonesia.

"We must immediately carry out this collaboration to improve, strengthen and equalize cardiovascular services in Indonesia. We will develop it so that people no longer need to queue for long to get treatment," said the Deputy Minister of Health.

Indonesia's desire through RSJPD Harapan Kita to cooperate with the Cleveland Clinic was welcomed by Bill Peacock, Chief of Operations at Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic itself has previously collaborated with many universities in Indonesia related to training and organizing health seminars.

Furthermore, Rosanne Kho, Medical Directorate of International Business Development, Cleveland Clinic said that several potential collaborations can be developed between Indonesia and the Cleveland Clinic, including consulting agreements, CC Service Line, and CC Strategic Partnership as was done in China. This includes cooperation in the development of Health Human Resources which includes doctor training (observation, proctorship, seminars) and doctor-to-doctor consultation between RSJPD Harapan Kita and Cleveland Clinic.

As a follow-up to this meeting, further cooperation proposals and the preparation of a cooperation contract will include the affiliation between RSJPD Harapan Kita and the Cleveland Clinic. It is hoped that this collaboration will be realized soon.

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