FK-KMK UGM. The Center for Health Policy and Management of the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Gadjah Mada University (PKMK FK-KMK UGM), held a webinar titled ‘Management of PET-CT Use in Hospitals’ on Tuesday (23/4) online, attended by more than 260 participants.
The event was a collaboration with the Center for Pharmaceutical Industry Studies in Health Technology (PSIFTek) UGM and Cyclotek – a distributor of PET Radiopharmaceuticals from Australia. The speakers and respondents consisted of government elements, academics, healthcare professionals, and practitioners.
“The success of cancer prevention or treatment is determined by the level of early detection,” said the Secretary of the Directorate of Research, Prof. drg. Diatri Nari Ratih, M.Kes., Ph.D., Sp.KG(K).
In essence, PET-CT (Positron Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomography) is a technology for detecting organ and system functions in the human body for various diseases, especially cancer.
“Indonesia is lagging behind other countries, for example, even Bangladesh with a lower GDP can have more PET-CT, this is a concern for us in the future,” explained dr. Azhar Jaya, S.H., SKM, MARS., Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia.
dr. Azhar also emphasized that PET-CT needs to be distributed to each region in Indonesia to facilitate patient examinations. Additionally, he hopes that higher education will begin to focus on the production of Nuclear Medicine Science to meet related human resource needs.
“One device (PET-CT) can be used together, including for primary services, so it doesn’t have to be one device per hospital,” added Prof. dr. Laksono Trisnantoro M.Sc., Ph.D., Professor of FK-KMK UGM.
On the other hand, Dr. dr. Andreasta Meliala, DPH., M.Kes., MAS., Chairman of PKMK FK-KMK UGM, believes that the distribution of PET-CT devices must be tiered with strict monitoring.
“It is necessary to differentiate the purpose of this device, for screening or early diagnosis because this affects facilities, training, and financing,” he added.
Furthermore, the follow-up to this activity will be carried out in early May through the PET-CT Training by PKMK FK-KMK UGM. This also represents a commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically goal 3, Good Health and Well-being, which is integrated with SDGs 4 Quality Education and SDGs 10 Reduced Inequality. (Isroq Adi Subakti/Reporter)
