WE Talk: Turkish response to the earthquake

WE Talk: Turkish response to the earthquake

Location: Zoom

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  Prof Dr Shlomo Vinker (Moderator)
  Israel Association of Family Physicians

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  Prof Dr Thomas Frese (Moderator)
  DEGAM

• Disaster management strategies of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye after the Feb...
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  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Özsarı
  Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

  The provision of primary health care services in the event of a disaster is an issue that requires preparedness before a disaster. As a result of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Pazarcık on February 6, 2023 and the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Kahramanmaraş on the same day, the epicenter of which was Elbistan, approximately 14 million people were affected in 11 provinces. Fifty thousand people died and more than a hundred thousand people were injured in the earthquake. Despite all the difficulties, all the existing capacity of our country was quickly directed to the earthquake zone and great devotion was exerted to provide all the health services that our disaster-stricken citizens needed. Primary health care services, which have continued from the first day of the earthquake to the present day, continue to be provided without interruption. In this presentation, the services carried out by the Ministry of Health within the scope of coordination of public health services, the difficulties encountered and the solution suggestions for similar situations afterwards will be discussed.

• Experiences of academics and health personnel working in the field after the February 6 earthquakes
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  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raziye Şule Gümüştakım
  Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Medical Faculty, Department of Family Medicine

  Disasters, especially natural disasters, can be particularly challenging for academics and healthcare personnel because they are unprepared for these processes. Healthcare personnel who are earthquake victims can suddenly face a very serious workload. In such an unprepared period, healthcare personnel may have difficulties such as trying to help patients, reliving the same fears with the aftershocks that occur one after another, and coping with feelings of guilt because they cannot be with their families. In terms of academics, the education and theses of assistants and students are disrupted in such a chaotic environment. The deadlines are extended. While life continues in the rest of the world, articles are published, and people rush to different trainings, everything stops in the disaster area and that part of the time is spent only meeting humanitarian needs.

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