Healthy Life Journal

Reality shows, more than half of patients who had a heart attack and stroke have never had clinical complaints such as chest pain or temporary paralysis. So it is with many other diseases such as cancer that are often only discovered at an advanced stage where the chances of a small recovery.

Health system to prioritize actions curative (treatment) is believed to make our society less aware of the importance of preventive measures (prevention). Preventive action can be done in various ways, ranging from running a healthy lifestyle, self-care and environmental health, to conduct early tests or health check.

By performing a medical examination (medical check-up), not only we can know the condition of the plenary body, but we are also able to take measures necessary to improve the situation of potentially cause health problems. Furthermore, detection and diagnosis of certain diseases at an early stage will make the patient get medical attention quickly, precise, and the maximum.

Unfortunately, most patients who are doing medical check-up was not based because of personal awareness. “The majority of medical tests at Pondok Indah Hospital for post companies (58 percent), and the rest from private insurance,” said dr.Yuliana MARS, Head of Unit Executive Health Check Up (EHCU) RS.Pondok Beautiful.

Currently almost every hospital, clinic even provides health screening services in a variety of packages tailored to the patient’s wishes and bags. Premium-scale hospitals also did not want to lose provides medical check-up package with a complete examination for patients who likes to criminalize overseas treatment.

One is the RS Pondok Indah, Jakarta, which has EHCU equipped and advanced facilities. “Our concept of one stop service, so patients who wanted to check up did not need to go to poly-poly and mixed with sick people,” said dr.Yuliana.

Another advantage offered is the examination performed by a specialist. “If you check the health of Singapore or Malaysia, a pap smear performed by a general practitioner, and here performed by doctors Obgin, as well as with other tests, all conducted expert not only a general practitioner or nurse,” said Yuli.

Meanwhile in RS.Siloam Lippo Village, Tangerang, offering tools latest examination. “We have screening tools such as the latest Dual Source CT Scan of the first in Indonesia and the latest MRI technology,” said Amelia Hendra, Corporate Communication Manager Siloam Hospital Group.

Amelia added, Siloam Hospital Lippo Village is now the only hospital in Indonesia that has been internationally accredited JCI (Joint Commission International) of the United States. “This means the services, equipment and any of our standards based on international standards,” he explained.

Although both hospitals are offering packages that are relatively expensive, ranging between Rp 700,000 – Rp 13.000.000, but the patients themselves should determine the desired package. “We can adjust according to the budget examination of patients,” said Yuliana.

He added, complete packages or premium at Pondok Indah Hospital is relatively expensive, but according to tests done a very comprehensive and accurate.

If your budget is not too large, Yuliana advised to check cholesterol, full blood, and kidney and liver tests. “If age was included young, the disease is usually caused by lifestyle, such as high fat consumption leading to cholesterol,” he said.

After getting test results, consult with your doctor to state whether or not there mengatahui potentially cause illness. Do not forget to save the results of medical check ups and do regular health checks.