A pesticide panic occurred in the Emergency Department of Istanbul Avcılar Murat Kölük State Hospital.
In the video published by Food Detective, it was claimed that two personnel who applied to the emergency room with symptoms of poisoning were treated, but similar complaints were also seen in some patients in the emergency room. The Ministry of Health has not yet made a statement on the issue. The following information was included in the news published by Nutrition Detective: "While the processes of two employees who applied to Avcılar Murat Kölük State Hospital with symptoms of poisoning were being processed in the emergency room the previous evening, the emergency room was evacuated and patient admission was stopped when other patients in the service started to show similar symptoms. While cleaning work was initiated at the hospital, it was seen that the paramedics in the ambulance were wearing special surveillance clothing.”
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Chemicals Poisoning Our Crops Threatened the Health of Workers and Patients and Healthcare Professionals in the Emergency Department
“If you ask what is this poison that causes so much panic and affects even those around; Unfortunately, we are talking about toxic chemicals used uncontrolled under the name of pesticides! Yes; Let's say pomegranate, you call it orange. It springs from our soil and crops, causing many of our works that went to Europe to return; These toxic chemicals, which poison our soil and crops under the name of pesticides, threatened the health of not only two agricultural personnel last night, but also all patients and healthcare professionals in the emergency room. It is not known exactly where, how and under what conditions the two workers, whose faces turned red and showed signs of poisoning while spraying, sprayed. The only thing that is known is that our lands are being poisoned with these potent chemicals, our poisonous crops are returning from the gates of Europe, and these toxic chemicals used unsupervised and without control threaten the lives of all of us. #KnowWhatYouEat”
