Michael Widjaja Builds Biomedical Campus, Minister of Health: You Are Choosing The Right Sector

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Sinarmas Land, through the Digital Hub, presents the Biomedical Campus, a facility that supports and enhances research activities, as well as providing a health ecosystem.

No joke, to build this facility, Sinarmas Land spent around IDR 2 trillion, which includes the costs of building construction and equipment that supports health research and development activities.

It is understandable that the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, praised Sinarmas Land Group CEO Michael Widjaja.

That what the third generation of the Widjaja clan did was the right business decision.

“You are picking the right sector. Not only building property, but also health property. (Hospital) Eka Hospital it’s the most correct. Besides being big opportunity-her, this (healthcare) is the right priority. Healthy is the most and the best priority in every human being,” said Budi, while attending the launch of the Biomedical Campus, in BSD City, Saturday (2/12/2023).

Then Budi explained the future health business opportunities in Indonesia. Currently, the average health expenditure or healthcare spending per capita for Indonesians is around 130-140 US dollars per year, with outcome average life age is 72 years.

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Meanwhile, Malaysia, its closest neighbor, has an average lifespan of 76 years as a result healthcare spending 432 US dollars per year.

Don’t compare it with Singapore as one of the countries with the highest average life expectancy in the world, namely 84 years. healthcare spendingThe amount reaches 2,800 US dollars per year.

However, this is different from America, where the average life span is 80 years healthcare spending-it is more expensive than Singapore, namely 11,000 US dollars per year.

If healthcare spending Indonesians increased from 130 US dollars to 430 US dollars in five years, so the average life expectancy became 76 years.