Every single individual who visits a health institution in order to receive relevant health services has the following rights:
PATIENT RIGHTS
Benefiting from the services offered in a general sense: To make use of the activities with regard to encouragement of a healthy life within the frame of justice and equity and of protective health services.
Receiving services in equality
To benefit from the services provided regardless of race, language, religion, sect, political ideology, philosophical belief, economical and social states.
Information
To learn about all kinds of services and opportunities.
Selecting and changing health centres
To select and change the health centre and make use of the health services offered by the selected health centre
Knowing, selecting and changing the personnel
To learn the identifying information, duties and titles of the doctors and other personnel providing or to provide relevant health services and to select or change them.
Information Requests
To request all kinds of verbal and written information with regard to their health statuses.
Confidentiality
To receive all kinds of health services in such an environment that attaches importance to confidentiality.
Consent and Approval
To be requested their consent in terms of medical interventions and benefit from the services offered within the frame of such consent,
Rejection or suspension
To reject and/or request the suspension of the treatment.
Safety
To receive relevant health services in a safe environment.
Religious obligations
To perform religious obligations to the extent that the health care centre can offer and within the frame of the administrative precautions.
Respectability
To receive relevant health services within the frame of such principles as respect, attention, favour, politeness and affection,
Comfort
To benefit from relevant health services in such an environment that all hygienic conditions have been met and is free from noise and all disturbing factors.
Visits
To accept visitors in accordance with the procedures and principles specified by the institutions and organizations.
Hospital Attendants
To request to be accompanied by a hospital attendant to the extent allowed by the legislation and the opportunities of the health institutions and organizations and when the doctor deems suitable.
Uninterrupted Service
To benefit from health services whenever required.