Speaking at the 14 March Medicine Day event, President Erdoğan announced 5 good news for healthcare professionals. Erdoğan also made new statements about the private sector and employees who migrated abroad.
While the problems in the health sector in Turkey continue to be discussed for a long time, health workers, due to working conditions and wages They began to leave the state. While the health workers, who continue their duties and have signed various strikes for weeks, announced that they will finally go on strike on March 14-15, a statement was also expected from President Erdoğan today.
President Erdoğan said: “For the doctors who left after complaining about their working conditions,If they go, let them go” he declared. While this statement had great repercussions, the President spoke today at the 14 March Medicine Day event and said:This country needs physicians and has a debt of loyalty.” made statements. Erdogan’s statements, including the wage increase for healthcare workers, were as follows:
“This country has both a debt of loyalty and a need for its physicians.”
“Actually, in the memory of almost every individual in our country, there is always a physician whom we remember with gratitude, whose knowledge and behavior have left an unforgettable impact on him. May my Lord be pleased with all our physicians and healthcare workers and not show their absence. Because this country has both a debt of loyalty and a need for its physicians. “
“There may be people whose eyes and hearts go outside instead of staying in their own country”
“We believe that our country should make maximum use of each of its physicians that it has trained with great sacrifices and patience. Just like in politics, in the business world, in the health sector, just like in many other fields. There may be people whose eyes and hearts go outside instead of staying in their own country. I have no doubt that those who act with this understanding will turn their way back to their own countries in the not too distant future. Because there are very few countries in the world that have as much potential as we do, and therefore offer people of all professions a bright future as we do. Regardless of the opportunities that lay before you On behalf of my nation, I would like to express my gratitude to all our physicians who prefer to serve their own people in the public or private sector.”
The first gospel is about attacks on healthcare workers
“Our first gospel It is a regulation that will definitively solve the problems related to attacks on healthcare workers. The crime of intentional injury to the personnel working in health institutions and organizations due to or during their duties. It is included in the catalog within the scope of CMK. Thus, nothing to be followed about such crimes is made visible to the practitioner judges and prosecutors. With this regulation, the penalty given to the crime of preventing the right to benefit from public services is increased when it comes to health services.
Second gospel: A professional responsibility board will be established
“Second gospel We are establishing a professional responsibility board for healthcare professionals. The ability to open a criminal investigation due to medical procedures and practices related to diagnosis and treatment performed by all healthcare professionals within the scope of the practice of their profession will depend on the permission of this board.
Payments paid by the administration to the health personnel working in public institutions and organizations and state universities due to their practices within this scope. whether the compensation can be revoked This board will decide. Recourse can only be made in case of intent. It will not be held responsible for administrative and financial aspects due to the decisions of the professional responsibility board. Thus, we are radically solving these two important problems of our healthcare professionals.”
Third gospel: Salary regulation in healthcare workers
“Our third gospel regarding the wage regulation of our healthcare workers. We provide significant improvements in the salary payment systems and financial rights of our healthcare workers. The fixed additional payments of the health personnel will be included in the central government budget and it will be ensured that the salaries are paid with a single payroll. This application will also be implemented for university hospitals. The revolving fund distribution system of the Ministry of Health will be activated so that there are no hospitals that are not paid from the revolving fund. Receivables of health personnel from the revolving fund by transferring additional resources from the central government budget for performance payments Additional payments will also be increased.
The fourth good news: The improvement in wages will also be reflected in retirement
“Our fourth gospel of these improvements we have made in the wages of our healthcare workers. will be reflected in their retirees. that is. Our physicians’ payrolls will be arranged in such a way as to compensate for their salary losses after retirement. I would like to remind you that health professionals with undergraduate degrees, especially nurses, will be included in the scope of 3600 additional indicators. While this study is being carried out, the salaries of physician retirees will also be reconsidered.
Our fifth gospel are our family physicians. their too Basic wages will be increased.“