TMA-Eisgen-Oct2013

Threaths(to(the(Medical(
Profession(in(Turkey(
Prof.(Dr.(Gülriz(Erişgen(
Vice(President(of(Turkish(Medical(Associa?on(
Extreme(Use(of(Violence(by(Police(
•  Legi?mate(and(peacefull(demonstra?ons((
•  Taking(place(in(Turkey((
•  Started(June(2013(with(Gezi(Park(events((
•  Is(s?ll(in(the(agenda(of(Turkey
Medical(Witness(and(Collec?ng(
Evidences(
•  The(Turkish(Medical(Associa?on((TMA)(regularly(collected(
informa?on(from(physicians(and(medical(chambers((
•  Numbers(of(wounded((
•  Died(and(disabled(people(
•  Types(of(wounds(and((
•  Health(status(of(demonstrators((
•  TMA(used(these(data(in(urging(authori?es(to(prevent(them(using(
extreme(force(in(peaceful(and(legi?mate(demonstra?ons(
•  Survey(on(Assessment(of(Health(Problems(in(Persons(Exposed(to(
Chemical(Riot(Control(Agents(
The(Reac?on(of(Security(Forces(
•  Using(tear(gas(as(a(weapon(
•  Firing(rubber(bullets(
•  Life(ammuni?on(directly(at(protestors(at(close(range(
•  Using(water(cannons(spiked(with(tear(gas(
•  Bea?ng(and(detaining(protestors(
Reac?on(of(Doctors(and(Health(Care(Workers(
versus(reac?on(of(the(Ministry(of(Health(
•  Ministry(of(Health(and(Red(Crescent(did(not(
provide(medical(aid(
•  Hundreds(of(all(kind(of(medical(profession(
and(students((
– Then(and(there,(wherever(needed((
– Definitely(and(inevitably(
– Voluntarily((
rushed(to(the(help(of(demonstrators(
Police(A[acks(to(Voluntary(Infirmaries(
•  Unfortunately,(there(were(police(a[acks(with(tear(
gas,(water(cannons(and(rubber(bullets(to(infirmaries(
delivering(urgent(medical(aid(and(emergency(care(
services.(
•  Physicians(and(medical(students(were(a[acked,(
prevented(from(giving(medical(aid(by(force,(detained(
by(the(police(
Dr.(Ali(Çerkezoğlu(
Secretary(General(of((
Istanbul(Chamber(of(Medicine(
A[acks(on(Professional(Autonomy(
•  The(Ministry(of((Health((
•  Started(inves?ga?ons(against(the(TMA(and(Ankara,(
Istanbul,(Izmir(Chambers(of(Medicine(on(the(ground(of(
“delivering(unlicensed(health(services“!(
•  Asked(for(the(names(of(volunteering(physicians(engaged(in(
health(services((
•  Required(the(medical(personnel(to(report(the(names(of(the(
injured(demonstrators(as(a(separate(list(
•  Law(proposal(that(criminalise(the(provision(of(unlicensed(
or(unauthorised(emergency(medical(care(
The(Ankara(Directorate(of(Security(declared(TMA(and(Ankara(
Chamber(of(Medicine(in(its(report(as((
“civil&society&organiza1ons&in&opposition&to&the&government”!!
together!with!many!other(professional(organiza?ons(and(trade(
unions(on(the(basis(of(its(stance(in(Gezi(Park(demonstra?ons.((
Criminaliza?on(of(the(Medical(Profession(and(the(Civil(
Society(
Charges(Against(TMA(and(((((((((((((((((((((
Ankara(Chamber(of(Medicine(
•  Mobilizing!public!support!!to!ac6vist!groups!
•  Exer6ng!psychological!pressure!on!the!
judiciary!and!Ankara!Security!!Organiza6on!!
•  Encouraging!individual!complaints!to!
prosecutors!for!so!called!dispropor6onate!use!
of!force!by!the!police!!(
A[acks(to(Pa?ent(Confiden?ality(
•  General(Directorate(of(Security(sent(a(wri?ng(to(
TMA(asking(for(the(names(of(the(people(who(lost(
their(vision((
•  for$purposes$of$finding$those$who$are$
responsible$$
•  informing$the$public$correctly!((
TMA$Stood$Up$For$The$Ethical$Values$
•  Health(informa?on(conveyed(to(the((Associa?on(by(individual(
physicians(and(Medical(Chambers(was(about(their(health(status((
and(the(iden?ty(of(pa?ents(was(not(collected.(((
•  Even(if(informa?on(about(their((iden?ty(was(available(in(our(
records,(it(would(s?ll(be(impossible(to(provide(such(informa?on(
given(the(right(to(health(care(without(discrimina?on,(obliga?on(
to(keep(pa?ent(informa?on(confiden?al(and(universal(and(
na?onal(arrangements(on(the(privacy(of(health(data.(
Results(of(A[acks(to(Medical(Autonomy(
•  TMA(carried(out(a(survey(on(exposure(to(chemicals(
during(Gezi(events(
•  11155(responses(give(to(survey(shows(the(dimension(
of(the(exposure(
•  There(were(8000(wounded(people(
•  According(to(results(of(the(survey,(only(5%(of(the(
cases(applied(to(hospital((
•  This(suggests(that(there(is(a(significant(group(who(
avoid(applying(to(health(facili?es(for(concerns(about(
being(“blacklisted”(and/or(prosecuted.(
A[empts(to(Taint(the(Pres?ge(of(the(TMA(
by(some(Media(
•  TMA(declared(that(the(names(of(the(pa?ents(are(
our(professional(secret((
•  General(Directorate(of(Security(leaked(this(reply(
to(media(organs(close(to(the(Government.((
•  Now,(some(media(organs(are(launching(a(series(of(
news(features(with(headings(such(as(
–  Medical(Rhetoric(
–  Gezi(Silence(
–  Gezi(Lies(by(the(Turkish(Medical(Associa?on(