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A screenshot of State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir in Denpasar, Bali, on Monday (December 27, 2021). (ANTARA/ YouTube Sekretariat Presiden) - 

State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir on Monday announced his ministry's plans to build hospitals or health facilities of international standards, like the Bali International Hospital, in several parts of Indonesia.

"But, of course, these (international standard hospitals or health facilities) would not be built in Bali only. We are also planning, if possible, (to build them) in several other areas that have a high selling value," he said in Denpasar, Bali.

The ministry is building an international hospital in Bali because the province already has complete infrastructure, he informed.

"As was ordered by Mr. President, we must increase competitiveness. One of them is by (utilizing the fact that) Bali has very complete infrastructure, not only (in terms of) airports but also toll roads, hotel facilities, and so on. This (the hospital) is what we are completing right now so that Bali has an addition of health tourism that is integrated with Bali itself," he elaborated.

Thohir said that state-owned enterprises and the world's best cancer hospital, Mayo Clinic, will partner up for the hospital in Bali.

He further said the hospital in Sanur, Bali will serve as a one-stop health service of international standards and support Indonesia's health ecosystem.

State-owned enterprises are making efforts to create a better national health ecosystem, he noted adding, it is unlikely for Indonesia to stay unhealthy.

Indonesians must be healthy first to serve as a basis or fundamental for work, and only then Indonesia will grow, the minister remarked.

This is state-owned enterprises' breakthrough for sovereignty in the health sector, especially for handling cancer cases, he added//ANT