The infant mortality commission convened for the third time.

The Turkish Grand National Assembly's (TBMM) Commission for Investigating Infant Deaths and Private Health Institutions convened for the third time. In the commission, officials from the Social Security Institution (SGK) made presentations.

The Commission for Investigating Infant Deaths and Private Health Institutions met under the chairmanship of AK Party Adıyaman Deputy İshak Şan. In the commission, which also included Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security Adnan Ertem, SGK officials made presentations.

"INSPECTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE ADDRESSED"

Speaking at the commission, Şan stated, "As a commission, we find it quite necessary to address the investigation of infant deaths occurring in private health institutions, the practices related to care services for newborns, disabled individuals, and the elderly, as well as the measures that need to be taken regarding the legislation. In this regard, we consider it essential to also address the supervision of health services provided by the Social Security Institution and the services offered within this scope. Therefore, we invited our Social Security Institution to our meeting today to obtain detailed information regarding the financing of health services, the scope of health insurance, the supervision and regulation of the services provided by private health institutions, and the measures and recommendations that need to be taken regarding the financing of care services provided by private health institutions," he said.

HEALTH SERVICES DISCUSSED

Eren Usul, the General Director of General Health Insurance (GSS) affiliated with SGK, provided information to the commission regarding health service data. Usul stated, "If we look at the financing of health services primarily; the premiums we collect from our general health insured individuals, the pool formed by the Treasury assistance for our citizens who cannot pay their insurance premiums themselves, and the payments made by the Social Security Institution against the invoices from our contracted health services as a result of the health services received by our general health insured individuals are all part of this process.

Currently, we provide health services for our general health insured individuals from a total of 2,401 health service providers, including 908 hospitals affiliated with our Ministry of Health, 162 university hospitals, and 1,331 private health service providers. Among these private health service providers, there are private medical centers, private hospitals, and other clinics. We provide our general health insured individuals with the costs of diagnostic and treatment services, medication costs, medical device costs, personalized preventive health services, transportation, daily allowances, and companion fees, as well as treatment expenses abroad," he said.