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PHYSICIANS START RESIGNATION IN GOVERNMENT HEALTH SECTOR
On July 1, more than 50 physicians in Manisa filed a resignation petition following the ban. Manisa Medical Chamber President, who stated that he was also considering resigning, said that doctors whose psychology deteriorated during the epidemic and experienced economic difficulties began to resign and switched to the private sector, and invited the Turkish government to take action to stop resignations as an emergency.
The Ministry of Health in Turkey issued a circular in March 2020, predicting that the workload in the health sector will increase during the epidemic period, banning doctors working in the public and private sectors from resigning. This step, taken in the name of not disrupting the health sector in Turkey, continued until normalization, which began on July 1, 2021.
As in many provinces, Turkish doctors in Manisa began to file resignation petitions to provincial or District Health directorates with the Prohibition of resignation along with the normalization process. President of the Manisa Medical Chamber, explained that the biggest factor in resignations was the deterioration of the psychology of health workers and economic hardship during the epidemic period.
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50 PHYSICIANS HAVE FILED RESIGNATIONS
After the normalization process, despite the fact that the resignation process is new, doctors have started to give their resignation petitions intensively, said, explaining that 50 doctors across Manisa have filed their resignation petitions in the last month.
2 doctors have resigned at the Mental Health and Diseases Hospital where he works, and he is also considering resigning, said: “during the epidemic, doctors in Turkey have experienced serious injuries and problems, and still continue to live. Doctors are now experiencing serious problems both economically and psychologically. He has no motivation to work. Since the outbreak began, health workers have not had a chance to recover for themselves. We didn’t have time for ourselves. We’re seriously burnout. In Manisa, 50 physicians petitioned to resign in the last month. Even I’m thinking of resigning. Because we don’t have the strength to stand,” he said.
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ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IS SERIOUS
One of the biggest reasons for health workers who want to resign is economic hardship, noted, there has been injustice in payments and public hospitals are currently hurting, expressed the distress about the co-payments as follows:
January February March no additional payment was made. April May June July and August issued a co-payment. Additional payments were distributed to health workers at the initiative of the hospital administration. He said there were also injustices in these payments.
* August now and I don’t think there will be additional payments later. Because the hospitals ‘ revenues have declined so much. I don’t think there will be any additional payments next. City hospitals are provided with the necessary assistance, while payments are provided according to the patient guarantee, state hospitals do not have this situation. No financial support. There is no income provider study. State hospitals are hurting right now, and many are working to their detriment.
* As such, health workers who had problems with payments began to experience serious economic problems. The co-payment we’re talking about is like half of Turkish physicians ‘ earnings, or even more. The salary in Turkey received is very insufficient.
* It was compensated by additional payments provided by the state. But this process showed both overwork, risky work and less pay. So there are serious resignations, a shift to the private sector medical groups and hospitals.
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IF THE VOICE OF HEALTH WORKERS IS NOT HEARD
If Turkish health workers ‘ working conditions and economic problems are not corrected, it will not be possible to prevent resignations in the health sector in the next few months.
The resignations were not planned and therefore serious problems may be experienced in the Turkish health sector in the coming period:
* Both the workload is heavy, there is no money, and we work at a risky time, and then they expect sacrifices from us. Doctors don’t have time to make sacrifices anymore. If the government and the Ministry of Health do not do anything about this, there may be a shortage of doctors in Turkey who will serve in government state hospitals in the coming months.
* We are already facing the 4th wave of the epidemic. If resignations are planned resignations, there will be appointments instead. But since there are no expected resignations, my appointment will not be immediately.
* There is already a general shortage of Physicians. Especially in the Turkish public sphere, this is very obvious. If they don’t hear the voice of the Turkish health workers, let them prepare for the rain of resignation in the coming process.”
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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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