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Minister: Turkey on 'second peak' of Covid-19, Ankara becomes new outbreak center

Minister: Turkey on 'second peak' of Covid-19, Ankara becomes new outbreak center

The Ministry of Health has reported 1,596 new coronavirus cases and 45 days for the past 24 hours as the number of infected health workers nears 30,000.

2 September 2020

Mr. Minister, doctors are dying!

OPEN LETTER TO FAHRETTİN KOCA

Mr. Minister, doctors are dying!

Mr. Minister, you left all health workers aggrieved, alone, desperate... Mr. Minister, please say how many health workers are ill! Knowing this will enable us to see the problems in primary protection and prevent us from becoming ill and die anymore.

2 September 2020 İbrahim Akkurt

Doctors in Antalya stage protest after five health workers died of Covid-19 in a week

Doctors in Antalya stage protest after five health workers died of Covid-19 in a week

Criticizing the reopening process, members of the Antalya Medical Chamber have laid black masks in front of the provincial health directorate.

Union: More than 400 health workers infected with Covid-19 in Diyarbakır

Union: More than 400 health workers infected with Covid-19 in Diyarbakır

Infections among health workers have increased after the cancellation of the flexible work hours system, the SES stated.

‘Turkey is losing control of the pandemic,’ warns Turkish Thoracic Society

‘Turkey is losing control of the pandemic,’ warns Turkish Thoracic Society

In a written statement, the society has underlined that there is a serious increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Turkey, as far as it is informed by its members, and noted that “Turkey is considered to be nearing its second peak in the first wave.”

Can Turkey’s health workers survive this winter?

Can Turkey’s health workers survive this winter?

This “army” lived through March, April, May, they now go through June, July, August, without finding time to breathe, and they will enter fall-winter in pandemic conditions. Health workers’ inability to survive this winter means a disaster for public health.

17 August 2020 Eriş Bilaloğlu

At least 560 health workers diagnosed with Covid-19 in the southeastern Batman province

At least 560 health workers diagnosed with Covid-19 in the southeastern Batman province

About 3,000 patients receive treatment at home while the number of daily applications to Covid-19 clinics is between 400 and 700, according to the provincial medical chamber and a union.

346 health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Diyarbakır

346 health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Diyarbakır

According to the latest figures shared by the Diyarbakır Health Platform, 346 healthcare workers, including 128 nurses and midwives, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the province as of August 6.

Primary healthcare workers not regularly tested for Covid-19, have PPE shortages

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SURVEY

Primary healthcare workers not regularly tested for Covid-19, have PPE shortages

The association has announced the findings of a survey it conducted among 410 primary health care facilities across Turkey.

Intensive Care Worker Mehtap: We are in Protective Overalls for 12 Hours, We Soak Wet

Intensive Care Worker Mehtap: We are in Protective Overalls for 12 Hours, We Soak Wet

Intensive care worker Mehtap tells bianet, “We work as a team. Physicians and nurses treat the patients, we care for them. We clean their bottoms and bodies, comb their hair and shave them. But, Health Minister doesn’t even see us as health workers.”

24 April 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Parliament Passes Bill to Protect Health Workers from Violence

Parliament Passes Bill to Protect Health Workers from Violence

The law increases penalties for violence against healthcare workers.

Ankara Medical Chamber: Testing of Health Workers Stopped After Some Tested Positive

Ankara Medical Chamber: Testing of Health Workers Stopped After Some Tested Positive

Authorities stopped tests after nine emergency workers tested positive for coronavirus, according to the chamber.

Voluntary Network of 3D Printer Owners Makes Face Shields for Health Workers

Voluntary Network of 3D Printer Owners Makes Face Shields for Health Workers

A country-wide network of volunteers makes and distributes 3D-printed face shields to tackle the protective equipment shortage of health workers.

6 April 2020 Hikmet Adal

To Health Workers

PENNED BY HÜSEYİN ŞENGÜL

To Health Workers

Covid-19 outbreak is an historical incident. No matter how historians will write this incident in the future, these health workers already deserve to be remembered with respect.

3 April 2020 Hüseyin Şengül

‘Healthcare Providers Still Working Without Masks in Turkey’

TTB REPORT ON HEALTH WORKERS

‘Healthcare Providers Still Working Without Masks in Turkey’

The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has announced that healthcare workers are still having serious shortage of personal protective equipments such as masks, gloves and gowns amid COVID-19 pandemic.

What Do LGBTI+s Expect from Health Workers?

IN THE WAKE OF LGBTI+ HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK

What Do LGBTI+s Expect from Health Workers?

On the occasion of LGBTI+ Health Awareness Week, the BİZ Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Studies Association and Turkish Medical Students’ International Committee have asked LGBTI+s what they expect from health workers.

Health Workers Speak Out: ‘We Don’t Want to Die While Keeping Alive’

KISA DALGA (SHORTWAVE) PODCAST

Health Workers Speak Out: ‘We Don’t Want to Die While Keeping Alive’

Nazan Özcan spoke to health workers for Kısa Dalga (Shortwave) podcast. They told Özcan, “I feel like being thrown to the front line in a war”, “We all feel apprehension, we are mentally devastated before the number of cases has not yet exploded.”

‘Majority of Health Workers Say They Cannot Access Masks and Gloves’

TTB REPORT ON HEALTH WORKERS

‘Majority of Health Workers Say They Cannot Access Masks and Gloves’

In a survey by Turkish Medical Association, 78 percent of health workers say that they have difficulty in accessing N5 masks, 74 percent in accessing face shields or glasses, 60 percent medical masks and 38 percent in accessing gloves.

Turkey Applauds Health Workers Fighting Coronavirus

Turkey Applauds Health Workers Fighting Coronavirus

Upon calls under the hashtag #SağlıkEmekçileriİçin1Dakika (1 Minute for Health Laborers), citizens from across the country applauded health workers for a minute at 9 p.m. for their help and struggle against coronavirus.

Health Workers Heading to Cizre: We Do What is Required by the Hippocratic Oath

Health Workers Heading to Cizre: We Do What is Required by the Hippocratic Oath

Şeyhmus Gökalp, a member of the voluntary health workers trying to arrive at Cizre has called on the MPs who have taken the hippocratic oath and reminded them of “the right to medical treatment”.

2 February 2016

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