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The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) went on a one-day strike today (December 15) in protest against the withdrawal of the legislative proposal foreseeing improvements in the employee personal rights of physicians and dentists from the General Assembly of the Parliament.
With the strike in effect since the early morning hours, no healthcare services are offered in medical institutions, except for emergency services, dialysis, intensive care services and emergency services for children.
The strike called by the TTB is also supported by the Health and Social Service Laborers Union (SES), Progressive Health Workers Union and General Health and Social Service Branch Public Employees Union.
After the TTB called the strike, both patients and healthcare workers have expressed their support. The hospital halls have remained empty.
The call of the TTB reads: This strike is a warning that we lay claim to our labor and future and the people's right to healthcare. Society should lend an ear to our voice, too; the government should see the words of physicians, healthcare workers and laborers and their power that can change the healthcare system.
Today is the day when we make our shared values, professional struggle, enthusiasm and hopes visible thnaks to the power that we derive from our labor.
Today is the day when we foster solidarity and feel 'your absence on our shoulder' when one of us is missing. Today is the very day when we stand side by side, trust one another and exercise the power of our profession.
TTB Merkez Konseyi Başkanı Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Urfa'da hasta ve hasta yakınlarını G(ö)REV'e desteğe çağırdı:
— TürkTabipleriBirliği (@ttborgtr) December 15, 2021
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(RT/SD)