The Effect of Covid-19 on Healthcare Doctors in Turkey: The Case of Istanbul Chapa (Çapa) Hospital

After 1945, states began to be more effective on the economy. This situation showed itself under the name of Welfare State or Social State. However, neo-liberal policies were seen as a solution to the economic problems that started to be experienced from the beginning of the 1980s, and the Social State or Welfare State practices began to decline. Depending on the expansion of neo-liberal policies, states have withdrawn from many service areas in accordance with the free market understanding. One of these withdrawals is health services. Health services have been transformed into free market conditions through privatization, and the health service that citizens benefit from has been transformed into paid,On the other hand, in line with neo-liberal policies, principles such as performance, contract and productivity have been introduced to healthcare workers. Healthcare workers and especially doctors are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19, which started in Wuhan, China and spread to the world. In order to eradicate the epidemic, doctors had to face the worsening working conditions (suspension of the rights to resign and ask for retirement, excessive patient care, etc.) while racing against time to save the patients. This situation brings with it many problems in working life for the doctors who are fighting the epidemic in Turkey as well as in the world. In this study, the effect of the covid-19 epidemic in Turkey on the pandemic service of Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty Chapa Hospital in the process leading to the liquidation of the social state was investigated.

In the history of Department of Biochemistry of Istanbul Medical Faculty (1933–1957) three German scientists; Werner Lipschitz, Felix Haurowitz and Zdenko Stary / İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Biyokimya Bölümü tarihinde (1933–1957) üç Alman bilim adamı; Werner Lipschitz, Felix Haurowitz ve Zdenko Stary

Escaping from the chaotic environment of Germany before World War II, several scientists, some of whom were biochemists, took refuge in Turkey and made huge contributions in the preparations of new university reforms beginning in 1933. During this period, three wellknown biochemistry scholars, Werner Lipschitz, Felix Haurowitz and Zdenko Stary were accepted into the Biochemistry Institute of Istanbul University, and each one of these scientists became the head of this institute respectively. Being at the zenith of their careers, these three scientists spent their most prolific years in the Biochemistry Institute. The first biochemist taking charge of the reforms, Werner Lipschitz, established a fully equipped laboratory during his term in his own right and with the support of some officials. During his stint, he published several articles and a biochemistry book. However, Lipschitz had to challenge some difficulties such as learning Turkish and finding qualified Turkish assistants. Felix Haurowitz and Zdenko Stary, on the other hand, learnt Turkish in a short time and gave their lectures in Turkish. Conducting many studies, encouraging their Turkish assistants to involve in most of these studies and training them attentively, these academicians emphasized the importance of the graduate ‘PhD’ education and tried to give education to all of their assistants. They gave lectures in several fields, designed courses and attracted attention to the science of biochemistry. Besides, they published biochemistry books in Turkish. Thus, they made contributions to the development of scientific mentality in the field of biochemistry in Turkey.