Turkish doctors have applied the Turkish ray therapy method (TurkishBeam) for Covid-19 treatment on a patient in southeastern Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.

It was applied to a 46-year-old male patient, cardiovascular surgeon Hikmet Selcuk Gedik at Ankara’s Gazi University said at a news conference that was attended by Diyarbakır Provincial Health Director Cihan Tekin and Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital head physician Erkan Baysal.

Gedik announced earlier this month, a clinical study for the therapy developed by Turkish scientists to treat viral diseases, including Covid-19, according to developer RD Global INVAMED.

“Clinical study process, which allows implementation on patients, has started for the TurkishBeam treatment method after its application to the [Turkish] Health Ministry was approved,” Gedik said in a statement.

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