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Speaking at the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on his ministry’s 2021 budget, Minister Selçuk stated that TL 2 billion was delivered to more than 2.5 million employees within the scope of support for standardization .
“With the measures we have taken in the area of the social protection shield, the total amount of the resources that we directly transfer to our citizens has reached TL 45 billion to date. We pay over TL 23 billion to our employees over 3.5 million for short-time work from the short-time allowance. We postponed SGK’s premium payments to three months, totaling 40 billion lira for companies in the sectors most affected by the epidemic. We have included all drugs used in the treatment of patients with Kovid-19, including immune plasma treatment, on the reimbursement list. The payments that we have made within the scope of all general health insurance have so far exceeded 4,400 million lire. “
Laboral inhability
Regarding the claim that Kovid-19 is an ‘occupational disease’ for healthcare workers, Selçuk said: “If the employee is in 4A status, this is within the scope of occupational disease. If he is a public official, he is within the scope of the invalidity of duty. There are 5 applications that have reached us so far. 2 out of 5 applications have civil servant status. We pay 2 of them their pensions within the scope of incapacity for work. Therefore, we are actually talking about a problem that does not exist. He goes to SGK, the Board of Health. If the conditions and the causal link are established, our health worker is disabled from duty or professional illness, depending on whether it is 4A or 4C, provided that the causal link is established and the necessary documents and conditions are delivered. We have legislation in this regard, legislation that is valid and in force and has been in operation for years ”.
