Bursa Provincial Health Director Dr. Orkun Yıldırım drew attention to the importance of preventive health services within the framework of Public Health Week. Dr. Yıldırım said, “The first choice should be the family doctor.”
The themes of this year's Public Health Week, which is celebrated every year between September 3-9 in order to emphasize the importance of preventive health services and to make the work carried out more visible; “Believe in the power of vaccine, get vaccinated”, “Be aware, get your screening, prevent cancer”, “Breastfeeding is the insurance of the mother, breast milk is the insurance of the baby”, “Live life, not the screen”, “Your family doctor is with you at every step”, “We change our habits, we eat healthy” and “Healthy mothers, healthy generations”.
Bursa Provincial Health Director Dr. Orkun Yıldırım, who made statements within the scope of Public Health Week, said that family physicians should be the first choice of citizens in cases of illness or suspected illness.
Stating that the family physician deals with the individuals under his/her responsibility with a holistic approach, not within the framework of a disease, Dr. Yıldırım said, “Family physicians evaluate the patient as a whole together with risks, health conditions, psychosocial environment and other existing acute or chronic health problems. They take the necessary measures to protect the person for whom they are responsible from diseases. In case of illness, they provide treatment within the framework of their knowledge and experience or provide guidance for your needs. For this reason, family physicians should be the first choice of our citizens in case of illness.”
'We teach health protection at Healthy Life Centers'
Dr. Yıldırım informed that the provision of health services is not only for treatment, but also includes studies to protect and improve public health, and for this purpose, many studies on preventive health services are carried out in healthy life centers, “In these centers, we teach our citizens to protect their health without getting sick. Healthy life centers are designed as places where chronic diseases, cancer screenings, breastfeeding and healthy pregnancy studies can be carried out effectively with various units within the healthy life centers. Our centers, where smoking cessation counseling and psycho-social support services are also provided, are very important in the provision of preventive health services. We currently have 13 healthy life centers in our province. We expect all our citizens to receive free services from these centers.”
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