İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Eşrefpaşa Hospital expanded its service network and started acupuncture and hypnosis treatment. Outpatient clinics with applications that complement the treatment process of patients will serve by appointment. Citizens will be able to receive treatment by paying the fees determined by the Ministry of Health, which are lower than private hospitals.
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Eşrefpaşa Hospital expanded its service network. With the licensing of the Ministry of Health, the Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practices (GETAT) unit was established within Eşrefpaşa Hospital. Specialist doctors trained by the Ministry started treatment in the acupuncture and hypnosis polyclinic in the GETAT unit, which has thousands of years of history and is integrated with Western medicine. Citizens will now be able to receive treatment in a much more convenient way compared to private hospitals in the polyclinic, which will provide services for a fee determined by communiqués over the Social Security Institution (SGK).
“A complementary support to the treatment of medical medicine”
Seda İrer, a specialist doctor who applies acupuncture treatment within the body of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Eşrefpaşa Hospital, said, “GETAT unit is a unit where we will perform acupuncture applications specified in the traditional and complementary medicine practices regulation of the Ministry of Health. Acupuncture is an application in which treatment is done by stimulating certain points in the body through needles. First of all, it is decided whether the person will benefit from the method and how many sessions of treatment should be received through a preliminary interview. Sessions take approximately one hour. It is an application in which the process continues as a complementary support as well as its own medical medicine.”
“Acupuncture is applied as a supportive treatment for smoking cessation”
İrer stated that acupuncture is applied in certain patient groups as specified in the regulation, “It can be applied in problems such as headaches, musculoskeletal system pain, digestive system problems, insomnia, anxiety and anxiety. It can also be used as a supportive treatment for patients who have problems with obesity and weight loss and quitting smoking. Very successful results can be achieved. It can also be applied to improve the quality of life and general well-being of people with chronic diseases. Impressive results are obtained. As Eşrefpaşa Hospital physicians, we are very happy to be able to provide this service.”
“A nice win for Izmir”
Ayşegül Tubay, a specialist doctor working as a physical therapist at Eşrefpaşa Hospital, said, “The Ministry of Health provides long-term hypnosis trainings. As a result, you can become a practitioner of hypnosis. Hypnosis is an application that helps the patient to visualize some subjects by closing their eyes. It enables the reprocessing of existing information in the depths. It is also used in trauma treatment and helps to remove serious blockages in front of the patient. It was a good profit for our hospital and İzmir.”
It will serve with an appointment system
It is necessary to make an appointment for acupuncture and hypnosis treatment. The treatment plan is determined by a preliminary interview with the physicians. The necessary information can be accessed through the First Registration Unit of Eşrefpaşa Hospital.