Essential Health and Social Service Laborers' Union
Over 1,800 people sentenced to prison due to violence against healthcare workers
Some 1,811 people have been sentenced to prison for violence against healthcare workers in the past five years in Turkey, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said in response to a parliamentary question filed by a deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
Violence against health care workers continues despite measures, says report
Violence against health care workers is still a major issue in the country amid the ongoing pandemic despite legal measures taken by authorities to prevent it, according to a new report by a labor union of health care workers.