HEALTH

• To nurse immediately or to take the precautions, there is a health service in which a nurse is employed in ourschool
• Getting permission from the assistant manager, students go to the nurse employed in health service when they get sick; when they are injured necessary medical equipments are available in our healthservice
• In any emergency case, under the control of a teacher and nurse, students are taken to the nearest Health Center Parents are informed certainly. In the case of the parents cannot be reached, school meets the medicalneeds
• It is important that parents should give information to the assistant manager and nurse about student’s health problems, such as asthma, allergy or medicines used regularly,etc.
• Before applying vaccine parents are informed by school management and receive approval. The students  whose parents approve the vaccine application are appliedvaccine
• Parents have to inform school in the case of contagious  disease. Students cannot come to school till the due date of their healthreport
• Students are not permitted to leave the lessons for the doctor appointment except from emergencysituations. Therefore, our parents are expected to take doctor appointments outside of school hours for the treatment and controls that do not prevent students from coming to school.

1.      Use of Addictive  Drugs

In our school no student uses addictive drugs. Actions against addiction starts before the students come to school. For that reason, there is a teacher in each school bus. Students are controlled time to time and students are supervised by security  staff andteachers.

Anyone who visits the school is controlled at the entrance of the school and they are also supervised by the security staff. Until July 19th, 2009 smoking was forbidden within the school only for  thestudents.

After July 19th, 2009, law that forbids smoking in  closed areas for all the personnel and the teachers was announced by the Ministry of Health. Starting from that date, smoking is forbidden throughout the campus (including open area). Seminars about the harmful effects of smoking is given to students time to time by different groups ofpeople.

2.  Treatment

In case of injury, high fever, allergy, fainting, insect stings broken bones, sprain cases etc. students are pre- treated in the health room. Then, considering the students’ general condition, they are rested in the health room and/or informing their parents, they are sent to a medical institution.

In case of superficial skin injuries, medical dressing is provided and bleeding is watched. In case of sprain, cold application is provided and related part of the body is bandaged.

If the student has fever because of flu, s/he is given pills  after his/her parents are informed. Fever iswatched.

In case of bug bites, ammonia and other relieving gels are applied.

If the student is allergic to bug bites, s/he is given anti- allergic pills, parents are informed and he is sent to a hospital.

3.  Physical Activity and Nutrition

Physical activities are controlled and applied by the PA teachers. These activities are appropriate to and supportive of students’ development. Students are informed about nutrition by their PA and mainstream teachers. Counselors give seminars on good nutrition. Health personnel support these activities being actively involved in them. Students have their lunch under their teachers’supervision.

4.  Vaccination

Every year, in November,December and January students health condition is controlled and necessary vaccinations are  given.

Vaccines that are done:

If the parent approves,

1^st graders: DaBT-İPA (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio) , TETANUS-DIPTHERIA, POLIO, KKK (Measles, Rubella Mumps)

9^th graders: tetanus-diphtheria.

In case of epidemics (such as measles, varicella,flu), health report of the student provided by a doctor is sent to school and the student rests at home during his illness.

Students are also informed about the precautions that can  be taken against epidemics by the nurse and theteachers.