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Alanya improves foreigners' health services
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

ALANYA - Turkish Daily News

Alanya municipality introduced a new service to its foreign residents last week that makes the use of state health care system easier. Instead of traveling to Antalya to apply for permission to use state hospital services in Alanya, patients can now process their paperwork at the Social Security Institution (SSK) office in the town center.

Abdullah Karaoğlu, member of city council and chairman of Alanya Tourism Commission, told the Turkish Daily News that the new system was put into place to make the use of state services easier for permanent residents.

�Before, when a foreign resident wanted to use the services of a state hospital, he first had to go to Antalya to get a paper confirming his right to use state hospitals,� said Karaoğlu. �Only after paper work was ready could the patient use free health services in Alanya.�

The practice was widely criticized by foreign residents of the town. The main complaint was traveling for almost two hours to Antalya when unwell was an unreasonable requirement.

At present, Alanya has a population of approximately 134,000. Around 10,000 of them are foreign. The arrangement posed problems particularly for the German population, many of whom are elderly and need regular medical care.

Karaoğlu said that the issue had been discussed on several occasions also at the Alanya Foreign Residents Committee, which consist of 22 representatives of different nationalities among them German, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Belgian and British. �We are happy to have solved the issue,� he said.

16th July 2007, 13:45	#1
gerald Senior Member	makes the use of state health care system easier This article might be of interest to some. It seems that I cannot post links, so I have copied the extract Alanya improves foreigners' health services Tuesday, July 10, 2007 ALANYA - Turkish Daily News Alanya municipality introduced a new service to its foreign residents last week that makes the use of state health care system easier. Instead of traveling to Antalya to apply for permission to use state hospital services in Alanya, patients can now process their paperwork at the Social Security Institution (SSK) office in the town center. Abdullah Karaoğlu, member of city council and chairman of Alanya Tourism Commission, told the Turkish Daily News that the new system was put into place to make the use of state services easier for permanent residents. �Before, when a foreign resident wanted to use the services of a state hospital, he first had to go to Antalya to get a paper confirming his right to use state hospitals,� said Karaoğlu. �Only after paper work was ready could the patient use free health services in Alanya.� The practice was widely criticized by foreign residents of the town. The main complaint was traveling for almost two hours to Antalya when unwell was an unreasonable requirement. At present, Alanya has a population of approximately 134,000. Around 10,000 of them are foreign. The arrangement posed problems particularly for the German population, many of whom are elderly and need regular medical care. Karaoğlu said that the issue had been discussed on several occasions also at the Alanya Foreign Residents Committee, which consist of 22 representatives of different nationalities among them German, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Belgian and British. �We are happy to have solved the issue,� he said.

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