Health
Minister Memişoğlu: We are implementing the 'Productive Health' concept for the first time
Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu said, "Türkiye focused on service rather than production in healthcare.
- You and we are, for the first time, implementing the understanding we call 'Productive Health', he said.
- [ According to the statement made by the Ministry, Memişoğlu visited Dokuz Eylül University Rectorate and İzmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (İBG).
- In his speech at IBG, Memişoğlu stated that this center is one of the most important research centers producing information and technology in the field of health in Türkiye.
- Stating that Türkiye has a strong infrastructure and qualified human resources in health, Memişoğlu emphasized that success in service delivery should be supported by production.
[ According to the statement made by the Ministry, Memişoğlu visited Dokuz Eylül University Rectorate and İzmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (İBG). In his speech at IBG, Memişoğlu stated that this center is one of the most important research centers producing information and technology in the field of health in Türkiye. Stating that Türkiye has a strong infrastructure and qualified human resources in health, Memişoğlu emphasized that success in service delivery should be supported by production.
Memişoğlu defined these centers as centers where knowledge and research are carried out not only to do science, but also to say something new and produce something new in the world. Stating that research centers should create a sustainable ecosystem not only with funds but also with the knowledge they produce, Memişoğlu said, "Turkey focused on service rather than production in health. You and we are implementing the understanding we call 'Productive Health' for the first time.
made his assessment. Memişoğlu emphasized that the most important force that will develop Türkiye's health technology and health industry is scientists, and underlined that they will continue to provide all kinds of support to researchers. Stating that the Turkish Health Institutes Presidency (TÜSEB) will support the researchers in this process, Memişoğlu said, "As long as you say new things and produce new things.
he said. Memişoğlu stated that the Ministry of Health and the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TITCK) will support scientists in the processes that will enable research to be transformed into products, and noted that 960 public hospitals have been made available to researchers for clinical research through TÜSEB, and that the legal regulation has been implemented for the patient costs of clinical studies approved by TÜSEB to be covered by the Social Security Institution. Stating that the Productive Health Portal was created to bring together researchers, investors, industrialists and funders, Memişoğlu stated that scientists can share the projects they have developed on this platform.
Minister Memişoğlu said, "You produce, we will give what you produce to the industry. If necessary, we will find industrialists and investors. He made a statement.
Pointing out that scientists should be interested in research and production, not marketing or commercial processes, Memişoğlu said, "Scientists will not have economic concerns while working. Your job is to produce it in the laboratory. "It is our duty to establish that ecosystem, he said.
Source: TRT Sağlık