IDI Responses from Prabowo: Many Doctors are Salted under IDR 3 Million
Liputan Digital . General Chair of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) Chairperson Dr. Daeng M. Faqih responded to the statement of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto who stated that doctors' salaries were lower than the parking attendant's earnings. Daeng said that currently there are still many general practitioners in various regions who earn under Rp. 3 million. He took the example of group 3A doctors who pocketed a basic salary of Rp.2.4 million per month. Added income from the Social Security Organizing Agency (BPJS) of around Rp500 thousand. So that the total income is around Rp. 2.9 million. "Indeed, there are still many doctors, especially general practitioners who are in the vanguard, earning less than Rp 3 million," Daeng said, Tuesday (1/15). He said if there were no incentives from the Regional Government, then the doctor's income was less than IDR 3 million. Moreover, currently the doctor's income from the afternoon practice is gone bec...