As healthcare professionals find themselves more and more targets of violence, Ministry of Justice and Health of Turkey is working on new regulations to punish and deter perpetrators. Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag and Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca recently met overcome issue It annoys everyone, from doctors to nurses. This ministries they were considering applying of more heavy sentences for criminals.
Violence still continues, even in a moment of COVID-19 pandemic healthcare workers found renewed respect for the sacrifices they make to serve public. to last year new the law increased prison terms for Violence against healthcare workers. But the lawsuits weren’t over. Union report of Health and Social Workers (Health-Sen) shows They were exposed to 190 lawsuits of Violence involving 364 perpetrators and approximately 316 healthcare workers during 2021.
This ministries plans to introduce a bill on most issue for parliament in next weeks. Under current laws, perpetrators of there may be violence punished with up up to three years in prisonbut the sentence is seen as soft and could be more reduced with six converted to months and fines, on judgments of court. Purpose of the draft bill ensure all convicts minimum service prison without a sentence option of a punishment. Crimes targeting healthcare workers will be committed also be exempted from existing laws allow if convicted, postponement of sentence by the court first guilty.
