Stepchild” Healthcare Workers Are Victims in University Hospitals Where They Are Treated.

Chairman Karataş pointed out the pressure of the financial crisis on the personnel., He stated that surgeries came to a halt and an uneasy working environment was created..

Public Health-Sen Chairman Ümit Karataş, 18 announced that the university hospital was in a deep financial crisis and services had come to a halt.

Karataş drew attention to the injustice in budget distribution., He harshly criticized the gap between the huge budgets allocated to city hospitals and the funds allocated to university hospitals..

​”City Hospitals 136 Billion, Universities”

​According to the data shared by Karataş, 2026 for city hospitals in the year budget 136 billion 148 million TL appropriation has been allocated. On the other hand, the budgets of well-established universities remained well below this figure.:

​Ankara University: 19.4 billion TL

​Istanbul University: 17.7 billion TL

Firat University: 10 billion 23 million TL

​ITU: 8.6 billion TL

​METU: 8.5 billion TL

​Surgeries Stopped, Companies Withdraw from the Tender

To university hospitals “stepchild” Karataş argued that he was treated as if, He summarized the crisis with these words::

​”Surgeries have come to a halt due to financial difficulties in university hospitals., Quality and sustainable health care is in trouble. Companies do not want to participate in tenders due to the inability to make payments and exchange rate increases since November.”

​Healthcare Workers Are Victims

​Public Health-Sen Chairman, who called on the Ministry of Treasury and Finance to send the appropriations urgently, not just patients, He emphasized that healthcare workers are also victims. Karataş, “A strong healthcare system, It is only possible with healthcare professionals who feel peaceful and safe.” He invited the authorities to find solutions by saying.