Brazil — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto held a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday afternoon (11/18) local time.
During the meeting, Prabowo expressed his desire to strengthen cooperation with India in the fields of healthcare and health education.
“In education, as you know, we hope to increase the number of Indonesian students studying at your institutes in India. Also, to invite Indian professors and teachers to teach in our country,” said Prabowo.
Prabowo noted that many Indian corporations have already invested in Indonesia, and he is pleased that some of these investments are in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.
“We are opening up our healthcare sector. We are allowing foreign hospitals to operate in Indonesia,” said Prabowo.
The primary reason for expanding collaboration in healthcare and health education, Prabowo explained, is Indonesia’s shortage of medical professionals.
“We are facing a shortage; we are lacking 160,000 medical personnel, and we can only graduate 8,000 people per year. Therefore, I plan to open more medical schools,” Prabowo said.
“And in this regard, we may need to send some specialists from India to teach at our medical schools,” he added. (RR)
