What changes does cancer treatment have in practice?

The Minister of Labor and Social Security, Jülide Sarıeroğlu, has issued a statement to the statement of health practice of the social security institution in the official gazette explained that there would be no fees.

In Sarıeroğlu's statement, "We have removed all surtaxes and surtaxes related to cancer treatment, surgery and medicine, including cancer. In any case, our citizens will not be overcharged, our citizens will not pay any fees out of pocket. "

Sarıeroğlu:" With the SUT regulation, we raised 2.5 billion TL of funding "

The Minister of Labor and Social Security pointed out that this payment was raised to about 750 million TL per year while the 240 million TL the total increase in resources was 2.5 billion TL.

Sarıeroğlu added: "Although we have made various adjustments in the SUT since 2008, we have made a Very detailed and technical study with a price increase of 35% in SUT transaction code 3550 with transaction code 7400. We have increased it. Through this arrangement, we have been able to receive financial compensation for the services offered by public health service providers, particularly our universities and private health service providers, and to improve their financial situation . With SUT regulation, we have provided approximately TL 2.5 billion of increased resources to health service providers each year. "

Prof. Saipan:" Turkey can not be charged with cancer treatment already in the state and university hospital "

Istanbul President Pinar Saipan Chamber, the Turkish press taking predominantly to "cancer will not be charged" notice that sensational development as it seems that the news.

Speaking to the Voice of America, Prof. Saipan, "First in Turkey, as you all know, public hospitals and cancer patients already taking their free treatment in university hospitals.The problem is that reimbursements from the social security institution were so low that a lot of investigations do not happen. could have been made and the purchases stopped, especially the university hospitals were suffering.This statement is more applicable to private hospitals where the SGK has an agreement.These special hospitals were operated with the difference fees. It is now assumed that this difference will not be billed as the SSI payment is increased. We will understand this increase in resources when we examine this SUT in more detail to deal with the expenses of these operations, "he said.

" Health centers must be spread "

Professor Saip also points out that there are no developments concerning care centers that cancer patients see among their most important needs.

Saip said, "The period in which the state Spends most of his time repeating the illness. There are not many hospitals that will provide oncological support for this disease. Since there are not enough health centers, relatives look at them. They go out of business, they connect to the house and they look at this disease. Health centers need to open up widely, "he said.However

in the context of Turkey's cancer?

average 163 thousand new cases of cancer occur each year in Turkey comes Between 2008 and 2014, 1 million 166 thousand people were diagnosed with cancer.

The most common types of cancer in men are cancers of the lung, prostate, intestines, bladder and stomach, while breast, thyroid, bowel, uterine and lung cancers are more common in women.

According to the Ministry of Health, cancer, as well as all over the world in Turkey after most heart and vascular diseases leading to the disease of death.