Jakarta, Aug. 8 -- Legislator Edy Wuryanto has urged the government to ensure specialist and sub-specialist doctors serving in underdeveloped, border, and island regions enjoy legal protection and occupational safety.

"Doctors should not be blamed due to lack of equipment when facing emergency conditions. They need clear legal and professional protection," he said here on Thursday.

He delivered the statement following the issuance of Presidential Regulation No. 81 of 2025 on Special Allowances for Specialist and Sub-specialist Doctors in Underdeveloped, Border, and Island Areas.

According to Wuryanto, the government's policy to provide special allowances must be accompanied by concrete guarantees of legal protection and occupational sa...