Another trip to a client’s coal mining operations in Kalimantan for an audit of their medical facilities and an assessment of their new site that relies on sub contractors for medical services. As usual, I attend with either a doctor or a specialised auditor and meet with the client’s on site management team.
The first site is Sebuku which is in South Kalimantan (capital is Banjarmasin). The main natural resources in South Kalimantan are forest and coal. Coal deposits are found over almost the whole province, and in some places they are exploited commercially. Other minor resources are oil, gold, gem stones, quartz sand, phosphate and granite.
The second site is Jembayan which is in East Kalimantan is the second largest Indonesian province, located on the Kalimantan region on the east of Borneo island. The resource-rich province has two major cities, Samarinda (the capital and a center for timber product) and Balikpapan (a petroleum center with oil refinery). Ever since Indonesia opened its mineral and natural resources for foreign investment in 1970s, East Kalimantan province has experienced major boost of timber, petroleum and other exotic forest products. The state-owned petroleum company Pertamina has been operating in the area since it took control oil refinery from the Royal Dutch Shell company in 1965.
