Provincial Health Directorate

An investigation has been launched into allegations of negligence at a dental clinic in the northwestern province of Bursa after a 5-year-old child, who had a tooth extracted, tragically lost their life shortly afterward.

Elena and Aydın Sönmez brought their only child Deniz Sönmez to a private dental clinic on Nov. 10 because of a toothache complaint.

More than a million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Turkish resort city of Antalya.

A total of 1,007,920 doses have been administered to some 73 percent of the target population, according to Ünal Hülür, the provincial health director for Antalya.

Municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will continue to distribute aid to citizens despite facing bans from the government amid the coronavirus pandemic, party spokesperson Faik Öztrak has said.

A video showing a Russian "bio-energy specialist" conducting a session to "break a spell" at a private hospital in Antalya has stirred debate among Turkish social media users, prompting the provincial health directorate to note that those involved had left their positions, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

A video showing a Russian "bio-energy specialist" conducting a session to "break a spell" at a private hospital in Antalya has stirred debate among Turkish social media users, prompting the provincial health directorate to note that those involved had left their positions, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa has surpassed national hospitals in Turkey and European countries with its exceeding rates of organ donor supplies and transplant operations, as its hospitals have carried out well-organized awareness initiatives for health sector employees and the public who were hesitant or had limited knowledge about the life-saving operations. 

An armored ambulance has been deployed in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbak?r province by the Health Ministry to serve in Diyarbak?r's Sur district where clashes between security forces and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are ongoing.

As many as 121 workers in a lighting factory have been poisoned after an unknown smell came from outside in Turkey?s northwestern province of Tekirda?, Tekirda? Governor Enver Saliho?lu said on July 1.