The ‘health market’ is affected and surgeries cannot be performed
Health Every day a new one is added to the high price of erroneous policies and practices in this field. It turned out that the “health market” application, which was launched on the grounds that it would reduce the cost of medicines for the public, caused losses to the State and caused thousands of boxes of medicines to be thrown away.
THE COURT OF ACCOUNTS DETECTED
It was reported that due to privileges given to pharmaceutical and medical device companies during the rollout, there were shortages of drugs and devices in hospitals, leading to delays in surgeries. President of the General Health-Labor Union Dr. Derya Uğur said that they have warned the authorities that the recent problems with medicines and medical devices, including the inability to perform surgeries, are caused by the application of the “health market” , but that the system has not yet been corrected. Dr. stated that the same problem was officially documented by the Court of Auditors, which examined the 2022 accounts of the Revolving Fund Companies Affiliated with the Ministry of Health. Uğur said: “The Court of Accounts report officially reveals how the health market application puts human health at risk and how the public suffers enormous losses.” According to the report, sanctions have been eliminated or softened for supplier companies that do not comply with their obligations, except in the case of returning medicines to the market. For example, when the company was given the freedom to decide whether to bring medicines or medical devices due to the increase in foreign exchange, there were shortages of medicines and devices in public hospitals. Stocks of critically important pharmaceutical products decreased and needs had to be met by much more expensive means. Patients were forced to obtain much more expensive medications from pharmacies.
A result of incompetence
Dr. Derya Uğur said that contrary to what is said, the implementation of the health market does not reduce the costs of medicines and medical devices, but also increases the cost for the public, ruins the stocks of medicines and puts in risk public health while providing relief to businesses. “It is not acceptable that a patient’s treatment is interrupted and his life is put at risk as a result of your incompetence and incompetence. “Our citizens should not pay the price with their health because public officials do not carry out their duties in accordance with the law “, he claimed.