Calls grow for removal of Indonesia’s health chief as rift with doctors deepens

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Indonesia’s health minister is facing mounting calls for his removal as his deepening rift with the country’s medical professionals risks undermining healthcare reform and weakening the legitimacy of future policies, according to analysts.Criticism of Budi Gunadi Sadikin has surged in recent weeks, with two of the nation’s leading medical faculties – at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta and Padjadjaran University in West Java – joining the chorus of discontent.At the centre of the dispute...