Medical facilities and specially the hospitals in the north Cyprus are under resourced and under burdened to handle the medical demand of the rising population.
According to the data, in the year of 2000 almost 100,000 people were benefited from the hospitals, and this number has increased almost seven times i.e. 700,000 in 2008.
Trade unions officials in the health sector told the media that the health service is getting worse because of the unchecked immigration. The Chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Physicians’ Union, Alper Baydar said that the medical facilities has become insufficient for the patients and now operating rooms and other basic facilities seems to be inadequate.
The Chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Doctors’ Trade Union (Tip-Is), Erol Seherlioglu said that the maximum patients who apply to the policlinics are foreigners and “citizens” could not get the desired medical benefits. He further said, “If the state’s policy is to increase the population to five million, it should arrange the health infrastructure as well.”
14.09.2010
By:Tarif suleiman on Ara 1, 2011
If the population is 250.000 then 50% of the nation has visited the hospitals then there is something wrong with all of us? we must have entered the book of records..when will we become serious and not just try to impress...5million population what are you talking about? |
By:Georgios on Eyl 14, 2010
In the "occupied area of Cyprus" as you stated in your article the hospitals are under resourced and there are not enough facilities to cope with the population in the north and especially with the number of settlers brought from Turkey.
That is the reason that most Turkish Cypriots who are now a minority in the occupied area run to the south and to the free Republic of Cyprus hospitals as soon as they need to visit a hospital.
It is hard to say the truth but occupation doesn't always bring what you originally had in mind. |
