REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Secretary General of Ministry of Health, Untung Suseno Sutarjo, said license revocation of Warsito Purwo Taruno's research has been studied in depth by Ministry of Health. He stated that Warsito was always invited to the Ministry of Health to ask for clarification and confirmation of the license revocation.
"We've invited him many times to discuss his research, but he never came," said Untung to Republika.co.id, Tuesday (1/12).
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Previously, The development of research conducted by Warsito must be stopped by the government through Health Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Health. According to Warsito, the license revocation was done because his research was considered as a not scientifically-based finding.
This revocation was stated in the letter of Ministry of Health with number HK.06.01/I/2444/2015 signed by Secretary General of Ministry of Health on 20th November 2015.
The letter explained that the technology of Electrical Capacitance Tomography Volume (ECTV) and Electro-Capacitive Cancer Therapy (ECCT) owned by Warsito did not meet research procedure as stated in the memorandum of understanding (MoU).
Health Research and Development Agency has signed a MoU with PT Edward Technology on research of ECTV and ECCT. Results of the research was expected to guarantee safety and usefulness when it was applied to humans.
Under the agreement, activities of PT Edward Technology has been considered incompatible with stages of research process that has been set by Ministry of Health. In addition, the ‘cancer research clinic' owned by PT Edward Technology and Warsito was also not known, as stated in Decree No. 9 of 2014 about the clinic and its use. According to Ministry of Health, the clinic did not meet the standards and operating permit.
At the decree, clinic is a health care facility that hold personal health services and provide basic/specialist medical care. Based on the type of service, clinic is divided into pratama clinic and primary clinic. Pratama clinic is clinic that provide basic medical services either general or specific. While, primary clinic provide specialist medical care or specialist services.
Moreover, former Chairman of Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI), dr. Zaenal Abidin, said Warsito Purwo Taruno was an inventor, not a doctor. Therefore, Warsito could not accept any patients.
"Warsito was not a doctor, so that he was not allowed to have patients and use his invention to the patients. Only doctors and dentists who are allowed to have patients and have authority to give treatment and therapy," he explained, Wednesday (2/12).
According to him, if Warsito invented cancer-fighting device, the device should be submitted to doctors. Therefore, doctors are allowed to use the device to be applied to the patients.
"Inventors of USG and CT Scan did not use the device to the patient because they do not have the right to apply it. They handed the device to be used by authorized doctors in treating patients," said Zaenal.
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