Erdogan opens Turkey's 10th city hospital complex
Six million patients to benefit from city hospital in Bursa with over half billion dollars worth investment
President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) cuts a ribbon during opening ceremony of Bursa City Hospital in Bursa, Turkey on August 4, 2019. Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay (4th L), Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan (2nd L), Turkish Minister of Labour, Social Services and Family Zehra Zumrut Selcuk (R) and Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli (2nd R), Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu (L), Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca (3rd R) also attended the opening ceremony.
( Sergen Sezgin - Anadolu Agency )
BURSA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday opened country’s 10th city hospital complex in the northwestern province of Bursa.
Bursa City Hospital is built on 745,365 square-meters in Nilufer district with an investment of €488 million ($542 million) within a period of two years.
The hospital complex has a capacity of 1,355 beds and includes six different hospitals varying from general, gynecology, physical treatment, rehab, psychiatry to oncology; it is projected to help six million patients in southern Marmara region of Turkey.
Turkish Ministry of Health and Ronesans Healthcare Investment made the hospital project happen through Public-Private-Partnership (PPP).
Equipped with the latest technological health instruments, Bursa City Hospital possesses globally recognized LEED Gold certificate. It has got 859 seismic isolators, which will help healthcare personnel to operate even if an earthquake rattled the province.
A total of 4,500 people, including 2,000 healthcare personnel, will be employed in the hospital.
*Writing by Ali Murat Alhas
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