Medicine Day, an occasion exclusive to Turkey and dedicated to healthcare workers, was marked on Monday. It’s the third year they celebrated the day in the shade of COVID-19[FEMALE[FEMININE
Although the pandemic has largely receded, with the day number of case below 18,000, he remains the menace the most immediate for doctors, nurses, paramedics and others personnel at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus. They don’t complain much in their fightbut violence against healthcare workers is another source of concern issue for their. Case of violence in hands of patients, families or friends of the patients drive up level of risk amid calls from healthcare worker unions for best measures to protect them.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated in a Medicine Day event at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara where he hosted personnel health across the country. After praising the revered professional, the president acknowledged Turkey’s shortcomings for circumstances concerning the health sectors, before proceeding with announcing new improvements for their. “We have always strived to deliver better work environment for our doctors, and we believe that Turkey should use the full potential of every trained physician. There may be people in the health sector whose heart yearns for working abroad. But I have no doubt they would be back in their country in the close future”, Erdoğan said, referring to the migration of some Turkish doctors, especially European ones countries, in pursuit of works.
the first “good news” for Erdoğan health workers announced has been on the violence plaguing the sector. “A new a regulation is in progress which resolve the problem of attacks against Health care workers. the crime of deliberate injury towards health care workers will be punished based on the profession of the victim, instead of being treated as a general crime and therefore more severe penalties will be imposed down for people sentenced of deliberate injury of doctors and other health personnel. Erdoğan said that crime would like also be treated as a “prevention of access has a public service” and the penalties could be further increased in this context.
Health workers will also be less loaded with legal proceeding in relation to their work in cases of allegations of medical error. Erdoğan said a professional responsibility council would be formed and would only be responsible with deal with such cases, instead of lengthy court proceedings. the board will be authorized to approve requests on health professionals in problems related to treatment or diagnosis.
Payment system for the personnel health goes also undergo an overhaul, Erdoğan said. The president said every health care personnel will be given a fixed additional payment and everyone would see a rise in payments they receive from capital of health facilities where they worked.
All health care personnel will also receive permanent raises in their pensions, Erdoğan announced at the eventwhile basic wages paid to family doctors (general practitioners working at small public clinics in each quarter) would be raised.
Erdogan also awarded health care awards personnel for their outstanding service during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the head of a local health authority in Istanbul’s Fatih district to a working nurse in western province of Balıkesir, to prominent doctors working at Ankara City Hospital.
Impact of COVID-19
Mustafa Akcalı, doctor for 26-year-old laments not being able to mark his day with “music and joy” car they must work for help coronavirus patients. Akcali is in load of intensive care unit for newborns in Mersin city hospital in the eponymous Turkish Mediterranean province. “Medicine Day is a bittersweet occasion for us. We are working on help others. All my colleagues Homework work like their duty is important in this time of the pandemic. Even after our shift is over, we have to keep our phones open so we can leave back for work if the need arises,” he told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Sunday.
Gamze Gökulu, doctor in load of the emergency room for child patients from the same hospital, said they had gone through a very difficult and exhausting process during the past two years. “We have lost our colleagues to COVID-19, but we remain hopeful that it will end one day. I hope things will go better”, Gökulu, who works during Medicine Day, said. Filiz Zengin, a nurse who got infected with coronavirus three times and recovered, is not intimidated in the face of the deadly infection. Zengin, who East in load of neurology, nephrology and physiotherapy clinics at Mersin City Hospital, said they had gone through “days of fear” and felt “devastating emotions”. “I remember the past when we would make preparations to hold Medicine Day events days in advance. I remember a time when we hugged each other freely. All is over now. We have to keep our distance. It’s a sad occasion for us,” she says.
The violence persists
Health workers are also often targets of violence, which increased in these last years. A report from the Union of Health and social care workers (Sağlık-Sen) shows 190 cases of violence has been reported last year Across the country. Some were well-documented cases, like doctors and nurses barricading themselves in a hospital room in the capital Ankara when an angry mob, relatives of a patient who died in hospital, attempted to storm in and attack them.
Devlet Sert, President of Öz Sağlık-Iş, a health worker uniondit violence against healthcare workers increased because of “lack of deterrent penalties for perpetrators and loopholes in laws.” Sert said in a written statement on the occasion of Medicine Day, they couldn’t do their jobs properly because of the violence. He pointed out that not only doctors and nurses, but also everyone personnel working in healthcare facilities, from hospitals to small clinics, from cleaners to technicians, constantly faced the risk of violent outbursts. “Healthcare workers are victims of all types of violence, of gun from stabbings to beatings,” he complained. He cited a survey union conducted with 8,000 healthcare workers last year and said 67% of interviewed personnel have been subject to at least one example of violence during on duty and the majority of case of the violence was committed by parents or friends of the patients.
Members of some health unions have gone on a three-day strike from on Medicine Day, while others decided to stop working for two days, on March 14-15. All health services by union members and healthcare workers joining the strike, except in an emergency, has been suspended car unions sought better working conditions. They call for a raise in salaries, implementation of a law exclusive to violence against healthcare workers and improvement of retreats for doctors. They also look up the ranking of COVID-19 as an occupational disease despite everything of position of health care workers, whether they work in COVID-19 services or not. A previous two-day strike was also tenuous in February.
Medicine Day, an occasion exclusive to Turkey and dedicated to healthcare workers, was marked on Monday. It’s the third year they celebrated the day in the shade of COVID-19[FEMALE[FEMININE
Although the pandemic has largely receded, with the day number of case below 18,000, he remains the menace the most immediate for doctors, nurses, paramedics and others personnel at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus. They don’t complain much in their fightbut violence against healthcare workers is another source of concern issue for their. Case of violence in hands of patients, families or friends of the patients drive up level of risk amid calls from healthcare worker unions for best measures to protect them.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated in a Medicine Day event at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara where he hosted personnel health across the country. After praising the revered professional, the president acknowledged Turkey’s shortcomings for circumstances concerning the health sectors, before proceeding with announcing new improvements for their. “We have always strived to deliver better work environment for our doctors, and we believe that Turkey should use the full potential of every trained physician. There may be people in the health sector whose heart yearns for working abroad. But I have no doubt they would be back in their country in the close future”, Erdoğan said, referring to the migration of some Turkish doctors, especially European ones countries, in pursuit of works.
the first “good news” for Erdoğan health workers announced has been on the violence plaguing the sector. “A new a regulation is in progress which resolve the problem of attacks against Health care workers. the crime of deliberate injury towards health care workers will be punished based on the profession of the victim, instead of being treated as a general crime and therefore more severe penalties will be imposed down for people sentenced of deliberate injury of doctors and other health personnel. Erdoğan said that crime would like also be treated as a “prevention of access has a public service” and the penalties could be further increased in this context.
Health workers will also be less loaded with legal proceeding in relation to their work in cases of allegations of medical error. Erdoğan said a professional responsibility council would be formed and would only be responsible with deal with such cases, instead of lengthy court proceedings. the board will be authorized to approve requests on health professionals in problems related to treatment or diagnosis.
Payment system for the personnel health goes also undergo an overhaul, Erdoğan said. The president said every health care personnel will be given a fixed additional payment and everyone would see a rise in payments they receive from capital of health facilities where they worked.
All health care personnel will also receive permanent raises in their pensions, Erdoğan announced at the eventwhile basic wages paid to family doctors (general practitioners working at small public clinics in each quarter) would be raised.
Erdogan also awarded health care awards personnel for their outstanding service during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the head of a local health authority in Istanbul’s Fatih district to a working nurse in western province of Balıkesir, to prominent doctors working at Ankara City Hospital.
Impact of COVID-19
Mustafa Akcalı, doctor for 26-year-old laments not being able to mark his day with “music and joy” car they must work for help coronavirus patients. Akcali is in load of intensive care unit for newborns in Mersin city hospital in the eponymous Turkish Mediterranean province. “Medicine Day is a bittersweet occasion for us. We are working on help others. All my colleagues Homework work like their duty is important in this time of the pandemic. Even after our shift is over, we have to keep our phones open so we can leave back for work if the need arises,” he told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Sunday.
Gamze Gökulu, doctor in load of the emergency room for child patients from the same hospital, said they had gone through a very difficult and exhausting process during the past two years. “We have lost our colleagues to COVID-19, but we remain hopeful that it will end one day. I hope things will go better”, Gökulu, who works during Medicine Day, said. Filiz Zengin, a nurse who got infected with coronavirus three times and recovered, is not intimidated in the face of the deadly infection. Zengin, who East in load of neurology, nephrology and physiotherapy clinics at Mersin City Hospital, said they had gone through “days of fear” and felt “devastating emotions”. “I remember the past when we would make preparations to hold Medicine Day events days in advance. I remember a time when we hugged each other freely. All is over now. We have to keep our distance. It’s a sad occasion for us,” she says.
The violence persists
Health workers are also often targets of violence, which increased in these last years. A report from the Union of Health and social care workers (Sağlık-Sen) shows 190 cases of violence has been reported last year Across the country. Some were well-documented cases, like doctors and nurses barricading themselves in a hospital room in the capital Ankara when an angry mob, relatives of a patient who died in hospital, attempted to storm in and attack them.
Devlet Sert, President of Öz Sağlık-Iş, a health worker uniondit violence against healthcare workers increased because of “lack of deterrent penalties for perpetrators and loopholes in laws.” Sert said in a written statement on the occasion of Medicine Day, they couldn’t do their jobs properly because of the violence. He pointed out that not only doctors and nurses, but also everyone personnel working in healthcare facilities, from hospitals to small clinics, from cleaners to technicians, constantly faced the risk of violent outbursts. “Healthcare workers are victims of all types of violence, of gun from stabbings to beatings,” he complained. He cited a survey union conducted with 8,000 healthcare workers last year and said 67% of interviewed personnel have been subject to at least one example of violence during on duty and the majority of case of the violence was committed by parents or friends of the patients.
Members of some health unions have gone on a three-day strike from on Medicine Day, while others decided to stop working for two days, on March 14-15. All health services by union members and healthcare workers joining the strike, except in an emergency, has been suspended car unions sought better working conditions. They call for a raise in salaries, implementation of a law exclusive to violence against healthcare workers and improvement of retreats for doctors. They also look up the ranking of COVID-19 as an occupational disease despite everything of position of health care workers, whether they work in COVID-19 services or not. A previous two-day strike was also tenuous in February.