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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

Syrian healthcare professionals must first be under temporary protection, reside in our
country for 6 months, and have a professional diploma or certificate. According to data
received from the Ministry of Health, as of August 14, 2017, there were 51 specialists,
151 general practitioners, and 237 midwives and nurses, for a total of 439 Syrian
health personnel working at migrant health centers and temporary accommodation
centers. The preliminary permits granted by the Ministry of Health are not equivalence
certificates but are vocational qualification documents. The healthcare professionals
who receive work permits are to be registered by the migrant health centers to examine
only Syrian patients.

(Source: Anadolu News Agency)
Additionally, according to the information received from the Ministry of Health,
plans are being made based on we learned that plans are being done such as physician
appointments, budget allocation, etc., according to information on the Syrian
population in the provinces which is received from the Ministry of Health, the same
sensitivity is shown in the health facilities or medical devices, again, the trainings on
cultural interaction and chaos management are given to 450 health personnel who
are working in the places where Syrian population is concentrated, and about 1000
personnel are planned to be given such trainings. We have also learned that a total of
202 patients interpreter personnel, 164 of them work in Türkiye’s public hospitals, 38

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