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In the presidency of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Nizamlıoğlu, the Director of Vocational School of Health Services organized by Lect. Ebru Cengiz and Lect. Mehmet Çitekci, "Talking to Young People about the Past, Present and Future of Health Investments" Seminar was held with participation of Istanbul Provincial Health Director Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu at IGU. Abdülkadir Gayretli, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Gelisim University, IGU Rector Prof. Dr. Burhan Aykaç, Director of the School of Health Sciences Asst. Prof. Abdullah Yüksel Barut, Assistant Director of Vocational School of Health Services, academicians and students attended the seminar.
 
Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu started his speech by mentioning his resume. Memişoğlu said that from the beginning of the transformation in health, from 2003 until today he has been working both as a manager and as a professional, and management took a large part of his time. Memişoğlu, who gave information about new developments in the field of health from the past to the present, pointed out the investments made in the field of health and expressed their expectations about using the new investments more efficiently in the new investment areas, especially with the new investments. Memişoğlu continued his speech by explaining when and how modern medicine began. He emphasized that the basis of health civilization is Ibn-i Sina and his works, and stated that the West had developed with what they learned from İbn-i Sina after the renaissance.
 
“WE ARE IN A SYSTEM OF PATIENT RIGHTS”

Memişoğlu evaluating the society's point of view about health, said:

“Our society prioritizes religion first and health second. What was done with the transformation in health? Turkey, made a conversion in short time which could be made in many developed countries for 100 years. The most important change in health, I think, was the transfporming health system around the patient from the doctor. It was transformed into a system that cared about patient service. We are now in a system of patient rights. Access to the health worker is possible, which was one of the goals of health transformation. Until 2012, we facilitated and accelerated access to health. After 2012, we have turned to structural changes and we are still continuing this.”

At the end of the seminar, Istanbul Provincial Health Director Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu answered the questions of students, and was presented a plaque by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Abdülkadir Gayretli and Rector Prof. Dr. Burhan Aykaç.