Pointing out that there was a big increase in Covid-19 cases in the eastern provinces, Şehzade Demir, General Secretary of HÜDA PAR, stated that the measures taken were insufficient and offered solutions.

Demir said that they think the real number of the Covid-19 situation in provinces of region was not reflected to the media, “The disease is spreading and getting ahead day by day. It is getting harder to cope with each passing day. According to the latest data available, it is stated that in some provinces such as Diyarbakır, Batman, Şırnak and Gaziantep, the intensive care units are now full, even heavy patients are not accepted and patients who need intensive care treatment are sent back to their homes.”

"It is a disaster to line up the patients who need to be taken to intensive care"

Demir continued his remarks as follows: "Hospitals do not accept them and send them back home even though they need intensive care treatment. They are instructed to write their name in queue, when 112 services are called from homes. This table is truly a very sad situation for Turkey. It is a disaster to put the patients that need intensive care in the line. Either we lose the patient until the turn is made to that patient, or it can be taken only after different serious diseases occur.  Almost all of the some families members in Diyarbakır and Batman have Covid-19 patients, but they are not admitted to hospitals because there is no room for intensive care. According to the information we have obtained, patients have to do their own treatment. They find their own or familiar healthcare providers and get them treated by having serum. They try to stand with these conditions."

"Intensive care support should be provided in the region"

In eastern and southeastern provinces, an as of indicating that 60 percent of the number of cases in Turkey of the present case, Demir stated that although this is the case, it is a serious problem that the health sector is not supported, the necessary infrastructures are not created and the necessary treatment is not created for the patients.

Stating that this situation may cause more losses due to virus, Demir made the following suggestions:

"It is necessary to provide intensive care support promptly. Mobile intensive care units can be opened. These mobile units can be sent to places such as Diyarbakır, Batman, Şırnak, Şanlıurfa and Cizre.

Private hospitals can be included in the scope of combating Covid-19 again to benefit from the intensive care of the hospitals. Private hospitals were excluded from this scope recently and returned to normal routine functioning. However, there is a serious need for private hospitals at the moment. Since the intensive care units in Batman, Diyarbakır and similar cities are insufficient, even half of the need is not met at the moment and the patients are sentenced to death.

Also, if there are very urgent patients, of course there are. If the regional hospitals cannot meet these needs, this is also a reality. It is imperative that these patients be transported to the pandemic hospital in Ankara and especially in Istanbul by ambulance planes and the treatments should be carried out there.

In this regard, we invite the Minister of Health and the health officials in the region to the task urgently. Let them take responsibility and take a serious central intervention to the problem. With this trend, this disease will cause mass deaths in the region. We call on the authorities and especially the government to the task.” (ILKHA)