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USA DRUG VICTIMS UP 30 PER CENT
Drug overdose deaths rose by close to 30% in the United States of America last year, the highest number ever recorded, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 93,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2020, according to data released by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Health Statistics. The number of drug deaths in 2019 is 72,151.
Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids and psychostimulants such as methamphetamine have also increased. Deaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids, as well as cocaine deaths, increased in 2020.
The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is Dr. Nora Volkow said: “this is the highest overdose death ever recorded in a 12-month period and the largest increase seen since 1999. This data is creepy. The covid-19 outbreak has created a devastating collision of health crises in America,” he said.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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