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TTB Central Council Chairman Şebnem Korur Fincancı warned that the Health Ministry circular on ‘occupational diseases’ led to the perception that ‘Kovid-19 is considered an occupational disease’ and that this is incorrect.
Chairman of the Central Council of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Şebnem Korur Fincancımade a statement on the circular issued on the benefit of the provisions of ‘occupational disease’ or ‘work disability’ for those who received treatment with the diagnosis of a new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) and who were decided as ‘disabled’ by the SSI Board of Health and those who lost their lives.
Fincancı made a statement on TTB’s Twitter account, “Directly involved here, there is no causal link should be the search evaluation without health workers duty disability or occupational diseases. In most countries of the world, this administration settled the case. SSI was allowed in Turkey, a approach that places a burden on healthcare workers “ used expressions.
‘Puts the burden of proof on the healthcare worker’
“Taking into account the circular of the Ministry of Health, it was perceived as if occupational disease or incapacity for work were accepted, but it is necessary to point out that this is not true” Noting that Financı said:
“There is a statement in the article itself that a causal link is being sought. There are forms in the annex and it is expected that health professionals will answer these questions. For example, one of these questions is whether there are other workers in the health in the same institution. However, doctors in the workplace do not have other health workers. Since we know that the disease is more common in factories and workshops in conditions where it serves alone, it will not even come close to be a work disability or an occupational disease.
Furthermore, of course, the search for a causal link places the burden of proof on the healthcare worker. What is at stake here should be the assessment of occupational disability or occupational disease of healthcare workers without looking for any causal link. This practice has been established in the vast majority of countries in the world. he was allowed SSI in Turkey, an approach that puts a strain on employees’ health. “
‘We have 3 requests’
Also TTB, “We have the ‘draft of the law of occupational diseases Kovid-19 for health workers’ in Parliament, we have 3 basic demands in this draft” He listed his demands as follows: “The law should cover all health workers, the HSYS records of the Ministry of Health should be accepted as a causal link, these records should be sent directly to SSI, 4A, B, C, subcontractors, etc. Have the same SSI coverage for all employees.“
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