BirGün's news report on the 'Quota rule as an obstacle to treatment' is on the Parliament agenda

Source: News Center

Following our news report titled "Quota rule is an obstacle to treatment", which was brought to the agenda by BirGün newspaper today, CHP İstanbul Deputy Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi brought the issue to the agenda of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

İlgezdi, who submitted a parliamentary question to Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan for a response, said, "The Social Security Institution (SGK) regulation in the Health Practices Communiqué (SUT) regarding physical therapy, which states, 'A maximum of 30 sessions of physical therapy and rehabilitation from the same region within the last year for a patient, are being covered,' is a disservice to patients. Patients who require more than 30 sessions of physical therapy are faced with additional fees totaling thousands of lira. Physical therapists also state that in some special cases, additional treatment may be necessary and that regulations should be made accordingly."

İlgezdi asked Işıkhan the following questions:

• Is there any work being done to correct the provision in the SUT that "It covers a maximum of 30 sessions of physical therapy and rehabilitation procedures in the same region within 1 year" for patients with special conditions?
• Considering that in cases where patients with special conditions receive more than 30 sessions of treatment, the fee for one session varies between 500 lira and 4,500 lira depending on the procedure performed, and that when examination fees are added to this, the patient is billed thousands of lira, why is it not possible to increase the number of sessions to 30 upon the doctor's request?
• A patient who goes to 30 sessions of physical therapy and gets no response is forced to undergo surgery. After the surgery, they lose their right to physical therapy. Will there be any expedited intervention for these affected patients?