Jakarta, April 24 -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pressed for more doctors and specialist graduates from Indonesian universities and hospitals to address the issue of shortage of physicians in Indonesia.

"I learned that many hospitals do not have certain specialists related to, for example, MRI, cath lab, and for mammogram," he remarked after attending the 2024 National Health Working Meeting in South Tangerang, Banten, on Wednesday.

On the occasion, the head of state highlighted the lack of doctors and specialist doctors as the biggest problem in the health sector in Indonesia.

Referring to data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, Jokowi pointed out that Indonesia only had 0.47 doctors per 1,000 population, or below th...