SBY, Boediono complete medical check-up

Erwida Maulia , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 05/18/2009 4:24 PM | National

Presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his running mate Boediono completed their seven-hour medical check-up on Monday afternoon as part of requirement to contest the July 8 presidential election.

The pair is thus the last candidate couple having their health screened at RSPAD Gatot Subroto army hospital after Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto and Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto had theirs earlier on Sunday.

"I consider this as a quite heavy test. We undergo almost seven hours of detailed and in-depth check-up, including on our mental health. We are now waiting for the result and hope we can pass the test," Yudhoyono told reporters after completing his medical check-up.

Indonesian Medical Doctors Association (IDI) chairman Fahmi Idris said the medical check-up consisted of 10 tests -- one mental and nine physical health tests, including neurology, eyes, heart and circulation system, digestive system, and urinology tests.

He said the doctors team conducting the tests consisted of 43 doctors; 29 from the IDI and 14 from the army hospital.

General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Syamsul Bahri said that the KPU was expecting to receive the results of the test on Tuesday.

In the meantime on Monday evening the commision plans to hold a plenary session to review the completion of requirements of all the presidential and vice presidential candidates.