Gürkut to Dinçyürek: You Are Ignoring Our Warnings and Failing to Learn from Experience

In a written statement, Gürkut criticized Dinçyürek, alleging that the Ministry was attempting to establish work and on-call schedules that could disrupt the operations of hospital clinics without proper consultation and by ignoring the input of several clinic chiefs.

Gürkut expressed frustration, stating, “You are not listening to our warnings; you are ignoring them. As authorities and responsible parties, you are failing to learn from what has happened. In your fear of making mistakes, you are creating conditions that will lead to more errors and wrongdoings.”

She claimed that a “distorted legal” structure was being built through Ministry bureaucrats, resulting in confusion over authority and exploitation. Gürkut highlighted that young physicians were being forced to work tirelessly without job security or recognition of their rights, stating, “All of these issues are reducing employees' productivity, jeopardizing job security, and putting patients at risk. These erroneous and faulty practices must be abandoned immediately.”

Regarding the proposed work and on-call schedules, Gürkut elaborated, “Our young doctors are starting to be assigned to multiple hospitals and healthcare facilities simultaneously. Physicians who are assigned to see patients in several hospitals in the same week are now being asked to take on on-call duties at different hospitals. According to this plan, a physician is expected to work a 24-hour shift in one district and then, upon completing their shift, travel at their own expense to another district to provide outpatient services.”