Objectives:To examine the most frequent admitted polyclinics, diagnoses, and the costs of Syrian refugee patient in a Turkish university hospital in the metropolitan city of Istanbul, Western part of Turkey.Methods:Research methodology consist of analyzing outpatient admissions to the Hospital Polyclinics of Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey from January-June 2014. We carried out diagnosis groups as classified in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification, and analyzed the hospital cost of first admission through records based in the hospital information system.Results:Median age of 251 Syrian refugee patients is 19 years, inter quartile rate 7-34 years. Patients aged 65 and older compared with those until 18 years and 19 to 64 years aged groups have made statistically significant (p<0.001) less hospital admissions. The Most frequented clinic was the emergency clinic. On June there have been significantly (p<0.001) more admissions compared with other months. The most common diagnoses were diseases of the respiratory system. The costs of per admission was estimated nearly 48 US Dollar/per patient and the total amount of hospital admissions was 12,031.93 US Dollar.Conclusion:On the specified dates, the clinics were mostly frequented from Syrian refugees until 18 years group. The most common presenting symptoms are respiratory diseases and most frequented clinic is emergency.

Cataract surgery in PACG provides the opportunity to address many pathologies with one intervention; improving vision, diminishing IOP, blunting IOP fluctuation, reducing need for medications, eliminating a narrow angle and improving GQL-15 scores.

Objective: The aim is to investigate the attitudes of healthcare professionals in Istanbul towards people with disabilities within the scope of the "Be Happy in Life" project, which is conducted under the coordination of Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate with the aim of increasing the well-being of the disabled and their families and professionals. Method: This study is a descriptive study on healthcare professionals working in health institutions in Istanbul affiliated with the Ministry of Health. The questionnaire developed according to the literature, included questions to determine socio-demographic variables and the "Attitude Toward Disabled Persons" (ATDP) scale. This online survey was conducted with 704 healthcare professionals working in health institutions in Istanbul, participating voluntarily. Results: Healthcare professionals participating in the study are 77.1% women; 61.8% married; the average age is 35.97 ± 8.76 (median 35) years; 77.6% of them have an education level of undergraduate and above; 48.6% are nurses / midwives / health officers; average working time in the profession is 12.93 ± 9.19 (median 11) years. ATDP scale scores are higher in females than males (p = 0.036); higher in singles than in married (p = 0.033). ATDP scale scores were significantly different according to the income level of the participants (p = 0.003); and according to professional groups (p <0.001). The highest average score was for the "social worker / psychologist / physiotherapist" group, while the lowest scale score was for the “Data Entry Operator / Data Preparation and Control Operator” group. In correlation analysis, no significant relationship was found between the age of healthcare workers or the duration of their employment in the profession and ATDP scale scores (r = -0.014; p = 0.703 and r = -0.038; p = 0.319). Conclusion: In the education curriculum of health professionals at all levels, courses that increase attitudes and awareness towards disabled people should be included. The perception of disability as "disorder" or "abnormality" as "impaired" should be supported by organizing in-service training programs for the disabled at regular intervals in health institutions.

The aim of the study is, evaluation of the pandemic data of and measures taken by 20 countries with the highest reported number of cases in the first 100 days of the pandemic, in terms of demographic data and healthcare resources. Materials and Methods: The data used in the study were obtained from ECDC, OECD and Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. The countries were categorized into two groups, early-onset and late-onset countries, in terms of their date of first confirmed cases and Stringency Index (SI) were calculated. Results: United States has the highest number of cases (432,132). France was the first country to report death, outside of China. Top three countries with the highest Case Fatality Rate (CFR) are France (13.25), Italy (12.67) and United Kingdom (11.69). There was a strong negative correlation between "total death/total population proportion" and the intensive care unit bed per million population (r=-0.720; p= 0.008). The ''proportion of ≥65 age'' was found to have a moderately positive correlation with "total case / total population proportion" as well as "total death / total population proportion" (r= 0.687; p= 0.001; r= 0.635; p= 0.003, respectively). In the late-onset countries, the logarithmic growth of both case and death numbers is faster than the early-onset countries. The SI is higher in late-onset counties both on the dates of logarithmic growth in the number of cases and on the 100th day of the pandemic. Restrictions on international travel is the earliest measure taken by countries. Turkey is the only country to implement 3 of 9 measures before its first case. Discussion and Conclusion: The first encounter dates of countries with the pandemic are important in terms of preparedness. Despite, late-onset countries benefited from the experiences of early-onset countries and implemented measures, the emergence of cases and deaths could not be prevented. Moreover, the increase in cases and deaths was faster. Countries which have more elderly population are affected more adversely. Because the transmission patterns of the pandemic are related with country-specific characteristics, all variables that have an impact on the pandemic should be considered.

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