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Zekeriya Bacaksız, the Chair of General Health Union (Genel Sağlık-İş), has warned that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is getting more severe in Turkey and expressed concerns about the upcoming autumn season, considering the increasing number of cases in the country.
"Health Minister Fahrettin Koca should get off Twitter and get down to the field," he has said in a written statement where he has also noted that the recent period has witnessed an increase in the number of health workers' resignation, requests for retirement or working in a private hospital.
As reported by daily Evrensel, Bacaksız has briefly said:
"In the current situation, if the government keeps on being so blind, deaf and mute in the face of health workers' problems, they will be unable to find health laborers to work.
"We call on the Health Minister to get off Twitter and make examinations in the field. Any unsustainability in health services will lead to serious problems for the struggle against the outbreak."
Bacaksız has made the following recommendations and requests:
(EKN/SD)