Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin officially inaugurated four high-ranking officials at the Ministry of Health in the Leimena Room, Monday (15/12). "I congratulate the newly appointed high-ranking officials, I hope you can carry out the mandate and trust given by the state as well as possible with a full sense of responsibility," said the Minister.

The newly appointed officials were told to immediately work both to continue the policies that have been running and to initiate programs that are able to overcome health development problems in the country. "I advise the officials who have been appointed, so that they can immediately work and make strategic directions according to their respective fields. Carry out coordination, integration and synchronization both internally and externally to improve our skills and facilitate the implementation of state tasks even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak," added the Minister of Health.

The following is a list of 5 officials who have been appointed by the Minister of Health: four echelon 1 officials including Dr. dr. Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, DHSM, MARS. as Director General of Disease Prevention and Control; Dr. Dra. Lucia Rizka Andalusia, Apt, M.Pharm, MARS. as Director General of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices; drg. Arianti Anaya, MKM as Director General of Health Personnel; and Setiaji ST. M.Si as Expert Staff of the Minister of Health for Health Technology; as well as one Echelon II dr. Andi Saguni, MA as President Director of Fatmawati Hospital.

As a follow-up to the inauguration, the Directorate General of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (DG Pharmaceuticals) held a farewell ceremony for officials within DG Pharmaceuticals (17/12). The farewell and handover of positions were carried out by Acting. Director General of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Arianti Anaya to Director General of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Lucia Rizka Andalusia.

In her remarks, Arianti Anaya, who will also serve as Director General of Health Personnel, expressed her deepest gratitude to all officials and staff within the Directorate General of Health who have supported her performance as Acting Director General of Health. Director General of Pharmaceuticals. Meanwhile, Director General of Pharmacy Rizka Analucia in her remarks said, thank you very much to the big family of the Directorate General of Pharmacy who have been willing to accept her and will soon carry out her duties as Director General of Farmalkes.

Closing her remarks, the Director General of Farmalkes reminded "You need to make innovations and develop creativity in accordance with applicable regulations so that you can change the old paradigm of "business as usual" so that you can ultimately improve organizational performance. There is no need to hesitate to carry out reforms and innovations in an effort to improve the quality of public services as long as it is within the corridors of the correct rules".