Ankara Bilkent City Hospital (Turkish: Ankara Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi) is a full-service city hospital located in Ankara, Turkey. Opened in 2019, it is the biggest in the country having a total of 3,704 hospital beds.
| Ankara Bilkent City Hospital | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bilkent, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 39°54′03″N 32°45′25″E / 39.90083°N 32.75694°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | public-private |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Beds | 3,704 |
| Helipad | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 14 March 2019 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Turkey |
History
editFinancing of the hospital in amount of €890 million was provided by eight domestic and foreign banks.[1] Groundbreaking took place with a ceremony held on 18 September 2013.[2] Construction began in 2015.[3] It was built in public–private partnership (PPP).[2] Parts of the hospital went into service in October 2018.[3] It was officially opened on 14 March 2019.[4] It is the second city hospital in Ankara after Etlik City Hospital.
Characteristics
editThe city hospital is located at Bilkent quarter in Çankaya district of Ankara. The hospital campus stretches over a land of 180 daa (0.18 km2; 0.069 sq mi).[3]
It has 131 operating rooms, 904 polyclinics and 3,704 hospital beds in 82 rooms for VIP, 1,554 single bed rooms, 725 double bed rooms and 700 intensive care units.[4][5] The dialysis clinic has 38 beds.[3] When in full capacity, it will receive 30,000 patients and treat 8,000 emergency patients per day. The hospital serves in cardiac surgery, neurology, oncology, orthopedic surgery, physical treatment & rehabilitation and general branches. It is one of the nine city hospitals and the biggest in the country.[4] The hospital campus features also a 100-bed hotel as medical observation clinic.[5] The campus features two helipads for landing of ambulance helicopters carrying airlifted patients.[3]
| Hospital | Beds |
|---|---|
| Main Hospital | 66 |
| General Hospital | 562 |
| Cardiovascular diseases Hospital | 441 |
| Neurology and Orthopedy Hospital | 506 |
| Children's Hospital | 599 |
| Maternity Hospital | 542 |
| Oncology Hospital | 588 |
| Physical medicine and rehabilitation Hospital | 300 |
| High security Forensic psychiatry Hospital | 100 |
| Total | 3,704 |
About 2,700 academicians, physicians and surgeons, 6,300 health care personnel and 4,000 administrative and support personnel are employed in the hospital.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Bilkent Integrated Healthcare Campus - Ankara City Hospital / Bilkent". CCN Holding. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Bilkent Şehir Hastanesi'nin temeli atıldı". Dünya (in Turkish). 18 September 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Ve Bilkent açılıyor". Sabah (in Turkish). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Erdogan inaugurates Europe's biggest city hospital". Anadolu Agency. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Ankara Şehir Hastanesi / Bilkent" (in Turkish). CCN Holding. Retrieved 15 March 2019.