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With the Covid-19 pandemic, Turkey has achieved a major breakthrough in health investments, whose importance is understood more clearly all over the world. According to TurkStat data, the number of active hospitals in Turkey exceeded 1500, and 571 of them are private hospitals. Especially with the transformation of many public hospitals into a pandemic hospital, private hospitals carry the burden of routine patients, and the founder of the Özel Etiler Hospital Prof. Dr. Alper Çelik shared details about private sector investments.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - Because of the coronavirus that has affected the whole world since the first months of 2020, Turkey, like many countries, has gone to new regulations in health. In addition to the newly opened hospitals as part of the fight against the coronavirus, many hospitals have been declared pandemic hospitals. Many patients who were excluded from coronavirus cases and needed treatment began receiving services from private hospitals. 

Stating that private hospitals support the state by bearing a very heavy burden in this process, Özel Etiler Hospital founder Prof. Dr. Alper Çelik said, “During the pandemic process, private hospitals assumed a very important role in enabling state hospitals to fulfill their responsibilities and by managing the process well, they also contributed to the struggle of the state. At this point, we can say that private hospitals show that they are one of the most important links in the health system of the country with their capacities and equipment. We will see the effects of this once again with the health investments of the private sector that will increase after the pandemic.”

“By paving the way for cooperation with the private sector, we can approach the OECD average”

Reminding that the total number of doctors in Turkey as of 2020 is 164,594 and the total number of nurses is 198,465 according to the data announced by Health Minister Fahretin Koca, Prof. Dr. Alper Çelik said, “On the other hand, it is remarkable that the number of patients per doctor is 498.2 and the number of patients per nurse is 431.2. In OECD countries, the average number of patients per doctor is 341.3 and the number of patients per nurse is 102, which once again reveals how heavy the burden of doctors and nurses in our country is. However, 61.4% of the doctors work in the Ministry of Health, 20.4% in universities and 18.2% in the private sector. When the number of active hospital in Turkey in 1500, exceeding their 571 the consideration consisting of private hospitals in Turkey with the state and the continuation of the riding and investment cooperation of the private sector, we also can approach the OECD average.”

“We must show our success in intensive care in the number of hospitals per person”

Especially during the pandemic process, Turkey gave a successful exam in terms of intensive care capacity and equipment. Dr. Alper Celik said, “Minister of Health shows that in March 2020, the data announced by Turkey concerning the intensive care capacity in the public and private sectors together for a total of 13 thousand 211 to 25 thousand 466 adults found to be in advanced intensive care capacity. According to the number of intensive care beds, it is very valuable to be in front of the USA, Italy, South Korea and England. As Özel Etiler Hospital, we doubled the number of intensive care beds with the pandemic. Looking at the numbers on the basis of hospitals, according to the current data of the OECD, South Korea comes first with 77.55 hospitals per 1 million people. Japan with 66.39 and France with 45.55 follow South Korea. Turkey Ranks # 23 out of the hospital with 19 per 1 million people in 31 countries. At this point, it is of great importance that we can show our success in intensive care in the number of hospitals per person.”

“Our goal is to make health care accessible to everyone” 

Stating that Turkey has made many breakthroughs in the health sector that will be an example to the world, and cooperation should increase in order to move these breakthroughs to further dimensions, Prof. Dr. Alper Çelik said, “As Özel Etiler Hospital, we support new breakthroughs in the field of health and strive to participate in all kinds of cooperation that will enable us to use our facilities in the best way possible. However, unfortunately, we see that the perception of private hospitals in the society is associated with high treatment budgets. Our aim is to break this perception and to make well-equipped healthcare services accessible to everyone.”