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[11] According to 2013 figures, there are 30,116 health institutions in Turkey and per one doctor there are an average of 573 patients. In addition, the number of beds per 1000 people is 2.64. [12] Life expectancy in Turkey is 75.6 years for males and 81.3 years for females, and the life expectancy of the total population is 78.3 years. [7]
There is a substantial medical tourism business in Turkey, with almost 178 thousand tourists visiting for health purposes in the first six months of 2018. 67% used private hospital, 24% public hospitals and 9% university hospitals. The Regulation on International Health Tourism and Tourist Health came into force on 13 July 2017.
Health and environment Russian state media agency TASS claims that the nation developed an mRNA cancer vaccine , which is planned to be distributed to patients free of charge beginning next year. However, the Russian Ministry of Health has not provided any evidence to support their claim that the vaccine treats cancer.
The "First 10-Year National Health Plan", the first written health plan of Turkey, was adopted at the Supreme Health Council in 1946. The plan was announced by the Minister of Health Dr. Behçet Uz in 1946. It took nearly one and a half year for the National Health Plan to become a draft bill.
The Turkish health system [5] has the highest number of intensive care units [7] in the world at 46.5 beds per 100,000 people (compared to 9.6 in Greece, 11.6 in France, and 12.6 in Italy). As of 3 May 2021, Turkey's observed case-fatality rate stood at 0.84%, the 148th highest rate globally.
Until now the Scientific Board has published a set of general recommendations, including moving Turkish citizens in China back to Turkey, prohibiting international flights, closing the land borders to certain countries, establishing hospitals exclusively for the pandemic, postponing the trips by Turkish citizens to other countries, enforcing a 14-day quarantine for people coming back from ...
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Turkey began on January 14, 2021. [2] As of April 2nd, 2022, 57,784,362 people have received their first dose, and 52,982,877 people have been fully vaccinated. [1] 27,648,857 people received their third dose. [1] 63% of the total population in Turkey is fully vaccinated.
The Ministry of Health set up the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board. [1] It consists of 26 members specialized in Chest Diseases, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology . [ 2 ] The number of board members increased later to 31 with the joining of expert academics in Virology , Internal medicine and Intensive care medicine . [ 1 ]