Unud Postgraduate Health Law Master Program Holds a Guest Lecture on Health Law Issues

Denpasar: The Udayana University Postgraduate Program held a Guest Lecture with the theme "Implications of Regulating Changes in the Health Law on Health Law Issues in Indonesia" at the Sudirman Campus Unud Postgraduate Building Hall Room Denpasar on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

This guest lecture presented four speakers, namely Dr. I B.G. Fajar Manuaba, Sp.OG., MARS (Chairman of Makersi Bali 2023-2026), Dr. Hadiwijaya, MPH, M.HKes (Doctor, Practitioner, and Organizer), Dr. Rimawati, SH.., M.Hum (Head of MHKes Study Program UGM), and Dr. Lufsiana, SH, MH (Corruption Judge of Bandung High Court), and as moderator, Dr. I Gusti Ayu Putri Kartika, SH, MH (Wadir II Postgraduate Unud). The material presented included how hospitals faced regulations, why the Omnibus Law Health Bill was questioned, and the role of the Master of Health Law Study Program in the development of issues related to changing the Health Law and the Omnibus Law Health Bill.


The Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, Prof. RA Tuty Kuswardhani, who is also the Chairperson of the Master of Health Law Study Program, said that there were 180 participants registered for this activity, and what they wanted to convey in this guest lecture was that our vision and mission became the same, becoming one that this was Indonesia with advanced medical tourism, full of legal protection, and how to protect the law against local and foreign workers. He hopes that this activity can contribute to discourse and understanding that can be useful for daily life or work.

In his speech, Acting Director of Postgraduate Unud Prof. I Wayan Budiasa said that the postgraduate Unud currently manages six study programs, and this activity is organized by the Master of Health Law study program. He appreciated this activity in accordance with the theme raised, which was being discussed together, and this time it was done at Udayana University. Competent speakers are expected to contribute, especially to students, namely Master of Health Law students, to get learning related to health law practices and research opportunities that students will later do. Then it is also related to projections of possible disputes that will occur with health practices in the future.

"Hopefully at this guest lecture event we will get enlightening content from the speakers so that later we will be able to enrich the competence of the work of students of the Master of Health Law program; that is our biggest hope," he said.

While the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Prof. I Gede Rai Maya Temaja, represented the Rector of Udayana University, said in his speech while opening the event that talking about health is a very important thing because it relates to human rights and is one of the elements of welfare that must be realized in accordance with the ideals of our nation as referred to in Pancasila and, of course, the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution. Therefore, every activity and effort to improve health status is very important for the formation of Indonesian human resources, increasing the resilience and competitiveness of the nation, and national development. For this reason, he warmly welcomes the organization of guest lectures involving great speakers in their fields. The academic community of Udayana University and the Master of Health Law Study Program in particular are obliged to contribute to identifying and enriching analysis related to health law issues and are obliged to enlighten the public regarding the issue of a healthy and prosperous life with justice.

"Therefore, this guest lecture is very important; we really support things like this, and hopefully this will become a sustainable program for us to make analyses or breakthroughs to complement what is in the lecture hall," said the Vice Rector.