Health Minister Memişoğlu Attended the 6th International Emergency Medicine Congress

Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu attended the opening of the 6th International Emergency Medicine Congress and addressed the participants. Stating that emergency healthcare workers operate under challenging conditions, Minister Memişoğlu defined them as the raiders of the health army and shared important statistics regarding Turkey's pre-hospital emergency medical services capacity.

Emphasizing at the opening of the 6th International Emergency Medicine Congress that medicine is a profession of emotion, Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu touched upon the importance of establishing empathy and understanding human beings. Stating that emergency healthcare workers are the foremost, most agile, and strongest elements, Memişoğlu described this group as the raiders of the health army.

Stating that Turkey is the most advanced country in the world in terms of IT infrastructure and software, Minister Memişoğlu said that this data should be integrated into health applications with artificial intelligence. Inviting healthcare workers to turn their ideas into production through the Producing Health Portal, Memişoğlu noted that approximately 170 legislations have been prepared in the last two years.

Reporting that there are more than 3,600 emergency health services stations across Turkey, Minister Memişoğlu stated that services are provided with over 6,300 land ambulances and more than 300 air ambulances. He conveyed that approximately 7.5 to 8 million people are transported to hospitals by ambulances every year.