Indonesian General Practitioner Association (PDUI) revised their petition over medic competency and prime-service doctor. The points were delivered by Muhammad Joni as the attorney on Tuesday (12/2) at Constitutional Court (MK) Plenary Room.

Joni told the Panel of Justices led by Ahmad Fadlil Sumadi there are three points of change, violated constitutional rights, argumentation, and petition facts.

Joni also said that provision of Article 1 number 9 Medical Education Law is opposing Article 28D paragraph (1) 1945 Constitution. The provision implies should the prime-service doctors are  categorized as medical-educated force, and let the so-called general practitioners’ status uncertain, while actually both kinds share similar occupation. A quo provision is condemned disrupting medical practice system and hampering national health guarantee fulfillment.   

“To our knowledge, there are desolation and obstacles in health fulfillment that clog social guarantee of signifying people’s healthiness, while actually it has been constituted by our law,” said Joni.  

After accepting the revision, Ahmad Fadlil Sumadi who led the hearing authorized 21 written evidences as registered by PDUI.  (Yusti Nurul Agustin/KUN)