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Chairman of the Indonesian Doctors Association Executive Board Prof. Dr. Ilham Oetama Marsis, Sp.OG (K) said, on Sunday (12/8/2018), at the Army Center Hospital-RSPAD Gatot Subroto, the prospective candidates for president and vice president of the Republic of Indonesia who have registered to the General Election Commission underwent health examinations.  Ilham Oetama Marsis said that the examination is based on based on law number 7 of 2017 concerning general elections.

“Today the health examination for the pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates Joko Widodo and Ma'ruf Amin is undergone based on the introduction of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU). This health assessment is based on law number 7 of 2017 concerning general elections which is further regulated by the KPU’s regulation number 22 of 2018 regarding the nomination of the presidential and vice presidential election participants. In the General Election Commission regulation, the KPU coordinates with the Indonesian Doctors Association to prepare technical guidelines for evaluating the spiritual and physical abilities of the presidential and vice presidential candidates determined by the KPU's decision and obtain recommendations from government hospitals that is used as a place for the health checks,” said Ilham Oetama Marsis.

Ilham Oetama Marsis further emphasized that the inspection team was a joint team between Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) and Army Center Hospital- Gatot Subroto. The team consisted of specialist doctors, specialist dentists, and others. He said that there were many requirements to be a team of examiners, including not a private doctor of the candidate, not a member of the party, and get a letter of assignment from the association of his specialist, while the length of the examination will take between 9 to 12 hours interspersed with breaks. (VOI/NRL/DP).