Home Health and Care Support from Mersin Metropolitan Municipality
Home health practices carried out across Mersin make the lives of citizens in need easier by meeting their health and cleaning requirements.
Implemented across 13 districts, the Home Health and Care Services of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality continue to make life easier for elderly, bedridden, and disabled individuals by meeting their care and treatment needs at home.
Comprehensive Support in 13 Districts
Within the scope of the work carried out by Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, the teams of the Department of Health Affairs provide home care services in all districts of the city, from Çamlıyayla to Anamur.
Thanks to these services, disadvantaged citizens can easily access their basic health and cleaning needs without having to leave their homes.
From Personal Care to Medical Intervention
In addition to various practical needs such as personal care, dressing, injections, and home cleaning, medical requirements are also meticulously met by the teams at homes.
Services provided accompanied by nurses also include important medical applications such as doctor examinations, catheter placement, suture removal, and PEG care.
Applications Carried Out in Toroslar
Residing in Sağlık Neighborhood in Toroslar district, 86-year-old Recep Avcı benefits from this service for the treatment of diabetes and wounds that developed after surgery.
Municipal health teams regularly visit his home to perform Avcı's dressing and wound care procedures in the home environment.
Ways for Citizens to Apply
Mersin citizens who wish to benefit from home health and care services can convey their requests to authorities by calling the Alo 185 Teksin Call Center.
With directions made through this call center line, teams reach the homes of those in need within a short time.
Satisfaction Expressed with the Service
Benefiting from the service, 86-year-old Recep Avcı and his wife Emine Avcı emphasized their satisfaction with the health, dressing, bath, and shaving facilities provided by the municipal teams.
The Avcı family thanked the municipal workers who do not make them feel alone at home and closely attend to all their needs.