Health care

An application created by Turkish entrepreneurs allows patients from abroad to virtually tour Turkish hospitals while real-time digital representations of the hospital staff lead guests around, show the equipment, and provide information.

More than 100,000 health care workers have completed their two-day-long work stoppage, while Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has pledged to enhance a series of measures called the "White Reform" to end violence in hospitals and improve working conditions.

The appointment of party cronies with no experience in running a healthcare facility to the management of the country's hospitals is prompting an overhaul of the evaluation system.

The state financing of medicines per capita in Greece was 31% smaller compared to the average of Southern Europe and by 50% compared to Western Europe in 2021, which demonstrates that the Greek health system spends less money compared to other European countries on pharmaceutical products.

The Chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Union, Dr. Ivan Madzharov, expresses his approval for the priorities announced by the new Minister of Health, Prof. Hristo Hinkov - to stop the uncontrolled growth of the healthcare network in the country and to reduce the co-payments made by patients.

Türkiye expects to receive over 1.8 million health tourists in 2023, with an increase of approximately 30 percent, the head of a tourism professional organization has said.

Health reform, one of the government's key priorities, is slowly taking shape starting with two bills unveiled by the Health Ministry on 4 April that deal with digitalisation of healthcare and governance of the ZZZS, the country's public health insurer.

Six out of 10 patients suffering from long-term health problems in Greece do not have a health adviser and four in 10 are forced to follow treatment regimens that do not suit their needs, according to the preliminary findings of a new study.

Healthcare in Bulgaria has become more accessible, patients' unmet needs for healthcare have decreased, over 80% of people have access to their GP within the same or the next day, and our country is in first place in the European Union by provision of hospitals per 1 million people.

The new regulation which will improve the rights and additional payments of health workers was published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 12.

Making a statement after the publication of the regulation, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in his post on social media that additional payments will be made on the 15th of each month to health workers.