Turkey Protests: Government Targets Doctors Who Treated Injured Demonstrators

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By Timur Moon
June 15, 2013 12:55 PM GMT

Doctors who treated protesters wounded in clashes with riot police in Turkey are to be investigated by the government in a move likely to inflame tensions further.

The Health Ministry had demanded a list of the names of all doctors who treated demonstrators from the Turkish Medical Association (TBB), the association said on Friday 14 June.

The TBB estimates that 7,500 people have been injured in the unrest, the overwhelming number suffering from teargas exposure.

The association said it was ordered to "immediately" give up the names of medical workers and their patients, but had vowed not to co-operate.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/479128/20130615/turkey-protests-doctors-investigate-tbb.htm

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1. Too bad their doctors don't have electronic records that they can snoop through.

Boy their security could be significantly enhanced if all protesters were discouraged from getting medical assistance.