JAKARTA: Health Minister Maj Gen Terawan Agus Putranto says digital subtraction angiography (DSA), more widely known as “brain flushing”, a controversial method he introduced to treat patients suffering from stroke, is safe and can be implemented in hospitals across the archipelago.
“It can be implemented, why not? The previous health minister issued a letter (regarding the method), so it uses objective research just like other therapies that are being developed, ” he said during a seminar held at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, Bali, on Saturday, as quoted by Antara.He was referring to a letter issued by then health minister Nila Moeloek last year giving the green light for the implementation of DSA on the grounds of service-based medical research.