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6,000 Indonesian Puskesmas Lack Dentists; Prabowo Orders Mobile Clinics
Approximately 6,000 out of Indonesia's 10,000 Puskesmas (community health centers) are without dentists. President Prabowo Subianto has ordered state-owned enterprises to prepare mobile dental clinics to address this significant shortage.
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