Recently, the decision to improve the personal rights of physicians has come to the fore.
After the decision was withdrawn in the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Federation of Family Physicians Associations (AHEF) decided to stop working today.
Family physicians, demanding that the promises made be kept, will be the third time this year to stop work.
It was announced that a raise of 2,500 lira for general practitioners and 5,000 lira for specialist physicians and dentists, which was discussed in the parliament and added to the bag law with an additional article.
With the adoption of the regulation, many health workers reacted. The legislative proposal, which caused reactions, was withdrawn in the Assembly.
After the withdrawal of the regulation, family physicians stated that the promise was not kept and decided to stop work today.
Family Physicians Associations Federation (AHEF) led the work stoppage action, family physicians will call for keeping their promises.
LEGAL REGULATION NEEDED AGAINST VIOLENCE CASES IN HEALTH SECTOR
Stating that the personal rights of family physicians are not met, the Federation of Family Physicians Associations (AHEF) Chairman Kemal Noyan underlined that physicians are waiting for legal regulations on many issues, "As physicians, we have many expectations. Against our expectations, no adjustment has been made yet. One of them is violence in health. We expect a legal regulation on violence in health. However, a law has not yet been created in this regard," he said.
DOCTORS' RIGHTS NOT GRANTED
Stating that physicians were declared heroes at the beginning of the pandemic, Noyan noted that many rights of heroic health workers were not given, "Although we were declared heroes, physicians who died of illness at the beginning of their duties were not considered martyrs. It is obvious that the data that came to the agenda many times with the pandemic and that physicians went abroad. Despite the data, no improvement was made so that the physicians did not go. Apart from these, physicians were awarded in the world during the pandemic period. As of 1 July, the penal regulation came into effect. This regulation caused a loss of morale and motivation among physicians," he added.
“WE ARE TAKING ACTION AS A REACTION”
Reminding that over 120 million vaccines have been made regarding the pandemic in Turkey, Noyan stated that the vaccines are also made in family health centers along with hospitals.
"Our family physicians took the lead in vaccination studies. However, the additional payments to be made with these works were given incompletely. In addition, the issue of raises for physicians, which was brought to the agenda in the past days, was withdrawn in the General Assembly before it was concluded. As a reaction to these, we, as family physicians, decided to quit our job for the third time in Turkey today. If family physicians are excluded in the event that the decision withdrawn from the General Assembly is reinstated, indefinite layoffs are on our agenda," he said.