Minister Memişoğlu: We provide health services with 31 thousand family physicians

Sharing a post on his NSosyal account regarding Public Health Week, Memişoğlu said, "81 provinces, 86 million people, one goal. A healthier Turkey. Our Public Health Week is Beginning. We will be on the field in 81 provinces, 7 days, with 7 different themes throughout the week." he said.

Emphasizing that they have taken preventive health services, one of the strongest aspects of health services, even further under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Memişoğlu said, "Today, we provide service to our citizens at the closest point with 31 thousand family physicians in our 8 thousand 401 Family Health Centers. In our 357 Healthy Life Centers, we offer versatile support in 17 different areas, from nutrition to physical activity." gave the information.

Memişoğlu stated that they accompanied the healthy life journey of citizens with 26 million applications in the last 2 years, and that they guided the journey of mothers with the Motherhood Journey mobile application, which has 62 thousand midwives, 1774 pregnancy schools and 260 thousand active users.

Stating that they carried out a proactive process with early diagnosis and preventive steps, Memişoğlu said, "We carried out 158 ​​million chronic disease screenings, detected diseases at an early stage in 14.1 million citizens. We carried out 16.1 million free cancer screenings. We detected the disease in 36 thousand citizens at an early stage and started the necessary treatment and follow-up processes." made his assessment.

Memişoğlu pointed out that they expanded their service network in the fight against cigarette addiction and said:

"We increased the number of our Smoking Cessation Polyclinics by 260 percent to 1678. We will continue to work for a health system that protects, detects early and supports healthy living, and to support our citizens in every corner of Türkiye. I would like to express my gratitude to our health army that works devotedly all over our country. Do not postpone your health, do not forget to visit our Family Health Centers and Healthy Life Centers."

Source: TRT Haber Sağlık RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)