Memorial Forest in Memory of Health Workers Who Lost Their Lives Due to Covid-19

Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (TARD), with the contribution of Dräger Turkey, created a memorial forest on a three-hectare area in Atatürk Forest Farm Forest Operation Nursery for healthcare workers who lost their lives due to Covid19.

In the memory forest provided by the Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and Dräger Turkey, Prof. Dr. Gurayten Ozyurt, Prof. Dr. Agah Çertuğ and Specialist. Dr. There were also saplings planted in memory of Toprak Kılınç, the son of Gülsüm Kahveci Kılınç who died at the age of eight.

TARD President Prof. Dr. In her speech at the sapling planting ceremony, Meral Kanbak said that in addition to the epidemic, recent forest fires and flood disasters reminded the importance of trees and forests. Kanbak said, “We wanted to make their memories permanent by planting saplings in memory of the anesthetists, technicians and the child of a colleague who lost in the Covid19 war, as well as our recently lost teachers. In this way, we wanted to contribute to the next generation to live in a world that will breathe.”

Dräger Turkey's General Manager Zafer Kaşıkara, who planted 132 saplings in the memorial forest to commemorate their 1320nd anniversary, said, “The forest fires and the Covid19 process; once again showed us how precious oxygen and breathing are for all living things. We are happy to contribute to the memory forest in memory of healthcare workers.”