According to Turkish daily Today΄s Zaman, minister of Health Mehmet Müezzinoğlu has invited 7,000 doctors from Greece who are looking for work abroad due to the deepening economic crisis in their country to come to Turkey.
“According to what has appeared in the media, nearly 7,000 Greek doctors are searching for jobs overseas, and I need them. Our doors are open to those 7,000 doctors from Greece. I invite those doctors to serve this country [Turkey] based on this country's domestic savings,” Müezzinoğlu said while at a ground-breaking ceremony for the Küçükçekmece Oral and Dental Health Center in Istanbul held over the weekend.
In a reaction to Müezzinoğlu's invitation, the president of the Turkish Healthcare Workers' Union (Türk Sağlık-Sen), Önder Kahveci, said in a written statement that it must mean foreign doctors will be employed at public hospitals.
According to Kahveci, 600 foreign doctors currently work at private hospitals in Turkey. “There is no need to bring Greek doctors to the country in addition to these 600 foreign doctors,” Kahveci said, adding, “If the state is promising to provide foreign doctors with jobs, then it intends to clear the way for them to be employed in the public sector.”
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