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28 April, 2017It has been confirmed that 11 more health organizations from the TRNC have been accredited in a signing ceremony yesterday for the “Map2heal” on-line patient admission system. The system has been implemented as a project by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
The Minister of Tourism and Environment Fikri Ataoğlu, Minister of Health Faiz Sucuoğlu, Founding Chairman of World Health Tourism Council Emin Çakmak, Chairman of Health Tourism Council Ahmet Savaşan and authorities from health organizations attended the signing ceremony and its accompanying press conference. The total number of members from the TRNC has now reached 12, including the Near East University Hospital, which has already been registered to the system.
Minister of Health Faiz Sucuoğlu said that the TRNC has continued its integration into the world thanks to the Map2heal system.
Minister of Tourism and Environment Fikri Ataoğlu pointed out the importance of reaching this stage, despite the obstacles posed by the Greek Cypriot Administration.
Furthermore, in his speech given at the ceremony, Chairman of the Health Tourism Council Ahmet Savaşan said that the Map2heal system, which includes 90 countries, is very important for health tourism to the country.
Founding Chairman of the World Health Tourism Council Emin Çakmak also gave a speech, describing the system as a “map of health”. Çakmak also noted that Map2heal is a platform for people to access high quality health services in various locations in the world. Adding that there are 151 offices in 90 countries within the framework of programme, Çakmak said that the system also offers translation services in various languages, and has a feature to quickly transfer the patients’ files.