On November 20, 2020, Migros, which started to sell online doctor interviews via the Virtual Market, was sentenced to prison for the crime committed. Istanbul Medical Chamber shared the court decision and announced that the relevant manager of that period was sentenced to 1 month and 25 days in prison.
Migros, one of Turkey’s largest supermarket chains, had signed a move that drew reaction in November 2020. Migros Virtual Market, which provides online ordering services, will add to the catalog of products it sells on November 20, 2020, in the hospitals of Anadolu Medical Center established by Anadolu Foundation. interview ‘products’ with doctors had added.
These products added by Migros were in the form of online interviews with physicians from Anadolu Medical Center. Among the products specialist physician, dietitian, psychologist and ‘medical counseling service’ was also included. Migros terminated its sales by removing its products from the virtual market on the same day, following the reactions to this sales transaction. Today, the result came from the complaint of the Istanbul Medical Chamber on the subject.
The relevant manager was sentenced to 1 month and 25 days in prison.
Migros is regulated in Article 64 of the Turkish Medical Association Law No. 6023. violating the ‘mediation ban’ and harming the reputation of the profession of medicine. Istanbul Medical Chamber filed a lawsuit against the relevant department manager at that time about these sales transactions. The case opened before the Istanbul Anatolian Prosecutor’s Office was concluded today.
The Istanbul Anatolian 67th Criminal Court of First Instance was found to have committed the crime of violating the law no. 6023, which was imposed on him by pricing the physicians in order to bring jobs, despite the fact that the manager of the relevant department did not have such a legal authority. 64/1 of the Law No. 6023 about the accused. sentence was given in accordance with the article. Since the crime remained at the attempted stage, the penalty was reduced and the department manager was notified. 1 month and 25 days in prison given.