05.03.2025 15:20
A doctor named Abdullah Kesgin announced that he has resigned from his position at the state hospital. Expressing his rebellion against the healthcare system by saying, "I was seeing 130 patients a day," Kesgin stated, "I sacrificed my retirement and quit my job."
Dr. Abdullah Kesgin, who resigned from his position at the state hospital, shared the heavy working conditions he experienced and the problems in the healthcare system on social media. "I was seeing 130 patients a day, 3 minutes per patient. I burned my retirement, I quit my job," he expressed his reaction to the current system.
"THIS IS NOT MEDICINE"
In the continuation of his words, Kesgin stated that doctors cannot pay enough attention to patients and that healthcare services have increasingly been reduced to writing prescriptions. "I am expected to be the secretary of the pharmaceutical industry. A patient will come, I will write the prescription and send them off. However, this is not medicine," he said.
WENT VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA
His post quickly resonated widely, with many healthcare workers and citizens indicating that this situation points to a significant problem in the healthcare system. Comments such as "It's not healthcare, it's a speed system!" and "How is it possible to spend only 3 minutes with a patient?" were made on social media.