Health Care in Indonesia in Comparison to Singapore

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One of the main issues faced by third world countries in Asia like Indonesia would be the Health Care problems. Be it be an access for the society or the dependability of the system. In some cases even, the more financially available percentage of the society prefers to check their medical problems to Singapore. The reason to why they’d like to have their medication solved in outer countries like Singapore or the U.S. is because of the technology familiarization to the hospital. Not only is the machinery more complete in Singapore, it’s also more modernized. Some debates say that modern medical machines are starting to grow in Indonesia within Big Hospital Industries such as Siloam (owned by Lippo Group). But the dependability of how up to date the machineries still imbalances the better aspect in other countries. This means that a lot of machines are more available in quality and quantity in neighbouring countries like Singapore. In 2015 more than $1 Billion US are spent in Singapore by Indonesian patients. The health care condition in the country itself is also mainly driven by the poorer area. Indonesia is a country still flourished in greens and forestry. Consisting in many island many of the people live in villages and forests. Not only that more than 60% of the male population smoke frequent cigarette sticks (ey.com). This raises the possibility of lung cancer and asthmatic illness. The government supported their health care condition by building small clinics in each rural area. However building to a bigger health care industry is still a ripe investment in this country. Not only that most of the poorer class of people live in unhygienic condition be it water or lifestyle. Many homeless and street performers faced pollution and dirty consumption of food. This also result in many health issues. Some more than clinic standards. On the other hand financially available market will have a few choice of hospitals to go to. In Jakarta itself there are only a...