Minister Memişoğlu: Today, we have more than 3,600 emergency health services stations.

According to the statement made by the Ministry, Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu addressed the participants at the opening of the 6th International Emergency Medicine Congress held in Antalya.

Memişoğlu stated that physicians are hard-working, self-sacrificing people who are devoted to humanity and said, "If you do not empathize, if you cannot understand the person in front of you, if you cannot feel them, you cannot practice medicine." he said.

Stating that emergency healthcare workers work under difficult conditions, Minister Memişoğlu described healthcare workers as "raiders" of the healthcare army.

"Raiders are the frontmost, most agile, strongest and most important elements." Making his evaluation, Memişoğlu pointed out the role of emergency healthcare workers in healthcare services.

Memişoğlu emphasized that healthcare professionals should be pioneers not only in service delivery but also in the development and production of health technologies and touched upon the importance of increasing Türkiye's production capacity in the field of healthcare.

Memişoğlu asked healthcare professionals to develop new ideas, taking into account the fields of artificial intelligence and biotechnology.

Regarding Türkiye's current capacity in the field of IT infrastructure and software, Memişoğlu said, "We are the most advanced country in the world in terms of IT infrastructure and software. By using this data, we can deliver many health applications or treatment methods to the world very quickly with artificial intelligence." he said.

Talking about the Productive Health Portal, Memişoğlu invited healthcare professionals to share their ideas, develop them and turn them into production.

Making evaluations regarding the studies in the field of health, Memişoğlu stated that they have prepared approximately 170 pieces of legislation in the last two years.

Memişoğlu shared information about the scope of pre-hospital emergency health services.

Memişoğlu said, "Today, we have more than 3,600 emergency health services stations. Every year, we transport approximately 7.5-8 million people to hospitals with ambulances." made the statement.