Mesut ÖzkaracalarDirector of Municipal Health Services
BACKGROUND OF DIRECTOR:
He was born in Sivas in 1970. He graduated from the Department of Public Relations and Promotion at the Faculty of Communication at Gazi University in 1993. After working in the private sector, he started working as a Department Manager at Merzifon Municipality, and since 2018, he has been serving as the Directorate of Municipal Health Services at Büyükçekmece Municipality. He is married and has two children.
Mission
To provide free health services for our citizens living in our district to live in full physical, mental and social well-being, and to continue effective and reliable.
Vision
To provide uninterrupted and efficient supporting services for the protection of public health and street animals.
Duties and Responsibilities of the Directorate of Health Services:
• Assisting the implementation of the general policies taken for the protection of individual and public health on a district basis in order to ensure that the people continue their lives in full physical, mental and social well-being, and to carry out all kinds of works in this regard,
• Providing preventive medicine and rehabilitation services by fighting against contagious, epidemic and social diseases at district level,
• Protecting the health of mothers and children, helping the citizens in this regard,
• Inspecting the complaints concerning the public’s health in accordance with the provisions of the regulation.
• Taking the necessary measures regarding environmental health in coordination with the Directorate of Environmental Protection and Control and to have the necessary measures taken,
• Planning public education on public health issues, when necessary, carrying out public awareness activities with magazines, brochures, posters, etc.
• Cooperating with public institutions and organizations, universities and other non-governmental organizations in order to improve public health,
• Ensuring the participation of the personnel working in the Directorate of Health Services in activities such as training, courses and congresses within the scope of continuous professional development,
• Checking whether the places to be opened for general service are suitable for health conditions,
• Contributing to the preventive health measures taken by the government against contagious and epidemic human diseases within the borders of the Municipality,
• Cooperating with the institutions and organizations in the district regarding health services,
• Treating the personnel working in the municipality, referral to secondary and tertiary health institutions when necessary,
• Inspecting the second and third class sanitary and non-sanitary facilities.
