[ad_1]
Health Minister Koca responded to complaints about the article, which included his deputy Shuayip Birinci, with his statement at midnight. Koca stated that the February date was inadvertently written in the article in which 24 people diagnosed with Kovid-19 were treated in Mersin in February.
Health Minister Fahrettin KocaRegarding the allegations about the article, in which Vice Minister Şuayip Birinci was also among the authors, “the minister, who was also a doctor, took this process with great devotion and struggles by using a misspelling made by mistake and he made the effort to correct it. I regret the efforts of my assistant, Dr. Şuayip Birinci, and his colleagues to wear themselves out. ” used the expression.
“SEVEN” HIGHLIGHTS
Koca made a written statement about the allegations about the article, whose authors included Vice Minister Birinci, in some media today.
Stating that the hospitalization dates of the cases were written as “February-March” instead of “March-April” by the responsible author in the relevant article, Minister Koca said: “It was determined that only Tarsus was used instead of Istanbul and Mersin as the location of the case, gave the information.
“FOLLOWED SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION”
The husband noted the following in his statement:
“It was known that the responsible author sent a correction text and supporting document to the editorial board and editor of the journal about the article and the journal’s board informed that this correction would be made as soon as possible. According to our records, the date of notification of the first study patient in the article was on March 25, 2020 and treatment was started.
In our process of fighting Kovid-19, we established the portal ‘Bilimselarastirma.saglik.gov.tr’ at the beginning of the Kovid-19 process with the intention of helping scientists transfer our knowledge and experience to the national and international public. As is known, the rules on access to data, ethical principles and consent procedure for all scientific studies are clear. Our Vice Minister, Dr. Şuayip Birinci and other authors have followed the rules of scientific research.
“I FULFILL THE EFFORT EFFORT WITH RESPONSIBILITY”
As I mentioned earlier, my Vice Minister, who is also a physician, took this process with great devotion and struggles using an accidental spelling mistake and the necessary attempt was made to correct it. I regret the efforts of Şuayip Birinci and his colleagues to be eroded. “
Source: Anadolu Agency / Yeşim Sert Karaaslan
