First Brain Hospital Built in East Jakarta

Various cases of brain disorders continue to rise but until now no special hospital that is able to handle it in an integrated manner. Ministry of Health is now working on the construction of specialty brain hospitals the first time Indonesia.

National Brain Hospital Center (RS PON) was built in the area of ​​Jl MT Haryono, Village Cawang, Kramat Jati subdistrict, East Jakarta, right next to the building of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN). Laying the first stone made Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

In his speech, Minister said that brain disorders are the most feared today is a stroke. From year to year the number of cases increased, while the impact is felt patient enough weight ranging from paralysis and permanent disability and death.

"In Indonesia, of every seven deaths, one of which is due to a stroke. While every 1,000 inhabitants, 8 people had experienced either severe or mild stroke," said Health Minister shortly before the groundbreaking ceremony, in East Jakarta, Tuesday (1 / 11/2011).

RS Development PON over an area of ​​1.1 hectares or 11,000 m2 and it will take 12 months and is estimated to have started to be operational in 2013. The total area of ​​32,000 m2 of the building is planned, consisting of 12 floors with a capacity of 390-445 beds, 220 of whom are less able to group or class 3.

Some programs flagship hospital services later this PON are as follows:

Integrated stroke care center
Center for Brain check-up of integrated services
Cerebrovascular spinal trauma care center integrated
Service center integrated memory impairment and neurobehavioral
Service center of central nervous system infections and HIV integrated
Integrated service centers epilepsy
Integrated neuro-oncology Service Center, and
Neuroscience research (basic and clinical).

Printer Human Resources

The existence of a special hospital brain is certainly not enough if only in Jakarta, because an increasing number of cases of brain disorders, especially stroke also occurred in other areas. The city plans to develop other similar hospitals, among others, Makassar, Medan, Surabaya and Yogyakarta.

Therefore in addition to providing care to patients, hospitals PON is expected to also be a printer capable human resources. Doctors of the nerve can deepens subspesialisasinya in RS PON, and then employed again when returning to the region.

"The hope can be like RS PON Heart Hospital We hope, can train the resources, not only from the region but also from abroad," said neurologist from North Sumatra University (USU), Prof. Dr. Hasan Sjahrir SpS (K) are also present in Hospital groundbreaking ceremony PON.