The question "When is the Medicine Day?" is a curious question as we are entering the month of March. Medicine Day, celebrated every year on March 14, is a day when the place and importance of healthcare professionals in society is reminded. Medicine Day is celebrated and reminded not only on March 14, but throughout the week surrounding March 14. The 2nd traditional Medicine Day Race will be held this year. So, when and on which day is Medicine Day? When and where will the March 14 Medicine Day race be held? Date and history of March 14 Medicine Day…
14 MARCH MEDICAL DAY STORY
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.
WHEN IS THE 14 MARCH MEDICAL DAY RACE?
March 14 Medicine Day falls on a Thursday in 2024. The 2nd traditional "14 March Medicine Day Run" will be held in Ankara. The race will be held on March 10 at Ankara Orman Çiftliği Atatürk Children's Park. Medicine Day race registration procedures https://tatd.org.tr/tipbayramikosusu/ can be done online.
WHEN WAS MEDICAL DAY FIRST CELEBRATED?
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".
