english.jpnn.com, JAKARTA - Economist Dradjad H. Wibowo has suspected a PCR test mafia that provides false test results.
Dradjad, who is also the chairman of the Expert Council of the National Mandate Party (PAN), said he and his friend were also victims of the alleged fraud.
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"I am an indirect victim of the health lab mafia," said Dradjad in a statement received by JPNN.com on Friday (4/2).
On January 25, Dradjad was contacted by his friend who claimed to be positive for Covid-19 based on the result of a PCR test.
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His friend informed him this because they had previously met two days in a row.
According to Dradjad, his friend carried out a PCR test at one of the new health labs established during the pandemic.
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"This lab is well known, and I know the name of the owner. My friend was tested as he was about to have an elective admission to a hospital," Dradjad said.
Considering that his friend had always complied health protocols, Dradjad asked him to do a re-test at an older laboratory.
"The PCR test result then came out negative. Alhamdulillah [thank God]," said the INDEF economist.
According to Dradjad, his friend's family members, including his elderly mother and mother-in-law, were also tested for Covid-19.
"I also had a PCR test and underwent isolation, separated from my grandchildren and family. It turned out that I was negative, so was my friend," he said.
Dradjad said he had also heard about similar incidents happening to other people, which prompted him to speak up.
He asked Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin to investigate the PCR test scandal.
"He has to be quick to deal with it," he said.
Dradjad also asked the minister to immediately conduct a total audit of Covid-19 laboratories, especially the new ones. (fat/mcr20/jpnn)
This news has been broadcast on JPNN.com with the title: Korban Skandal Tes PCR, Dradjad Wibowo Sebut Ada Mafia Labkes Memositifkan Orang