Friday (29/10/2021) FMIPA UI received a grant of 1 (one) unit of Treatment Planning System (TPS) equipment from PT. Besindo Medi Prima worth 3.5 billion Rupiah. The handover ceremony was marked by the signing of the minutes by Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Abdul Haris, M. Sc. as the Acting Dean of FMIPA UI and Ariyanto Heru Leksono, DEA as the Director of PT. Besindo Medi Prima in Meeting Room A, FMIPA UI Dean Building, Depok.
Treatment Planning System (TPS) is a tool used to simulate radiation dose distribution in cancer therapy management with ionizing radiation sources carried out by medical physicist health workers after receiving a referral from a radiation oncology specialist.
This grant is a form of support and contribution from PT. Besindo Medi Prima to the Medical Physics study program (Prodi) FMIPA UI in organizing educational and research activities to produce superior medical physicist human resources.
Prof. Haris as the Acting Dean of FMIPA UI expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Director of PT. Besindo Medi Prima who is also an alumnus of the Physics Department of FMIPA UI class of 1995 for the grant that is very beneficial for FMIPA UI which now organizes the Medical Physics study program. According to him, the alumni’s contribution to the alma mater is an award for the campus.
“This grant is an award for us as recipients, and in this case it was directly handed over by the director who is also an alumnus of the Physics Department of FMIPA UI, so this grant for us is also an alumni contribution to their alma mater,” said Prof. Haris.
“I am sure this will bring benefits to students and research lecturers in the medical physics study program of FMIPA UI. I would like to thank PT Besindo”. He added.
On the other hand, Ariyanto said that PT. Besindo Medi Prima as a provider of radiotherapy and oncology equipment has long been a government partner in implementing programs related to cancer control in Indonesia through. The handover of TPS equipment to the University of Indonesia is intended for educational purposes, and research in academic, professional, and specialist resident programs.
“Of course, we, who have been partners of the government in implementing cancer control programs in Indonesia, play a very close role in human resource capacity, so we hope to be able to cooperate with the University of Indonesia which has indeed produced many human resources that support radiotherapy services, and we as the provider,” said Ariyanto.
He hopes that the equipment will be able to improve the quality of education in the field of medical physics so as to produce superior human resources to make radiotherapy-related programs in Indonesia a success.
On the same occasion, Head of the Medical Physics Study Program, FMIPA UI, Dr. Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro explained that radiotherapy devices are one of the modalities used for cancer treatment. With the number of Radiotherapy centers in Indonesia having increased significantly in recent years, the demand for professional medical physicists has also increased.
In addition to radiation oncology specialists, continued Dr. Supriyanto, medical physicists are also one of the health workers who play an important role in carrying out radiotherapy procedures, one of which is conducting radiation dose simulations using the TPS tool to obtain an accurate dose to be given to patients.
“This TPS tool is used by medical physicists in planning radiation dose distribution in radiotherapy procedures for cancer patients, or planning radiological therapy for cancer. The tool we received is actually only for academic purposes, namely education and research, not for clinical trials,” said Dr. Supriyanto to the FMIPA UI public relations team.
This tool, said Dr. Supriyanto, will be utilized by lecturers, researchers, and students of the Medical Physics study program as a facility for lecture activities and research to further improve understanding of the principles and applications of radiotherapy planning.
