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Medicine Day, celebrated on the 14th of every March, is a day of commemoration and celebration where medical doctors' service problems are discussed and their contributions to science are rewarded.
What is 14 March Medicine Day?
On March 14, 1827, II. The establishment of the first surgery room under the name of Tıphane-i Amire and Cerrahhane-i Amire in the Tulumbacıbaşı Mansion in Şehzadebaşı, with the recommendation of Hekimbaşı Mustafa Behçet, during the reign of Mahmut II, is considered the day when modern medical education began in Turkey. 14 March, the foundation day of the school, is celebrated as the "Medical Day".
The first celebration took place in occupied Istanbul on 1919 March 14. That day, under the leadership of 3rd year medical student Hikmet Boran, medical school students gathered to protest the occupation and the famous doctors of the time also supported them. Thus, the feast of medicine began as a homeland defense movement of the members of the medical profession.
Between 1929 and 1937, 12 May was celebrated as Medicine Day. Since this date was accepted as the date when the first Turkish medicine classes started at the Yıldırım Darüşşifa in Bursa, Medicine Day was held. However, this practice was abandoned over time and it became March 14 Medicine Day again.
Since 1976, celebrations have been held not only on March 14, but throughout the week that includes March 14, and this week is considered as Medicine Week.
Similar celebrations are held on different dates around the world. For example, the anniversary of March 30, 1842, when general anesthesia was used for the first time in surgeries in the USA; In India, 1 July, the birth (and also death) anniversary of the famous doctor Bidhan Chandra Roy, is celebrated as "Doctors' Day".