ANKARA, April 22 — Turkey’s top medical association today accused the government of failing to protect health workers after 24 died of the coronavirus this month. Close to 3,500 medical professionals have also been infected with the virus in Turkey, or about 3.6 per cent of the country’s...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said this week's shut-in orders will start early tomorrow— Reuters pic
The Turkish Medical Association , which represents 80 percent of the country’s physicians, blamed the deaths and infections on a lack of action from Ankara. The numbers of infected health staff spiralled this month as cases mounted across the country, with many patients flooding Turkey’s hospitals.Physicians in Turkey have for years been the target of attacks, some from aggrieved members of the public angry over quality of care or complaints over access to medicine or services.
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