Turkey plans to boost number of hospital complexes
by Anadolu Agency
ANKARAAug 14, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Anadolu Agency
Aug 14, 2015 12:00 am
The number of city hospital complexes, a new hospital concept in Turkey aiming to modernize health infrastructure, will be increased over the next three years, Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu said.
The minister said the construction of 34 city hospitals across the country will be completed within three years, adding 43,000 extra beds to the country's hospitals.
He said 16 city hospitals will be inaugurated in 2016 and 2017 in Istanbul, the capital Ankara and the cities of Yozgat, Elazığ, Adana, Gaziantep, Konya, Manisa, Isparta, Kocaeli, İzmir, Bursa, Kayseri and Mersin, and the remainder will be wrapped up by the end of 2018. New hospitals will boost health standards in Turkey, according to the minister. The construction of 192 smaller hospitals will also be completed in three years, Müezzinoğlu said.
City hospitals, mainly built in suburbs, aim to improve health standards by significantly increasing the hospital bed capacity and addressing the shortage of doctors. These large hospital complexes will provide services in a diverse range of medical specialties not available in a single hospital in many cities. To ensure the quality of services, the government has adopted a public-private partnership model in the construction and operation of the complexes. City hospitals will be leased to private companies, and the government will only pay fees for medical imaging, laboratories, security, maintenance and healthcare worker salaries.
In recent years, Turkey has taken steps to ameliorate the crumbling healthcare system. Hospitals run by the Health Ministry and Social Security Fund (SGK), formerly known as the Social Insurance Fund, were merged to prevent overcrowding in the latter. The government also cut red tape in the treatment of patients with social security at teaching hospitals. Existing hospitals were modernized, and more than 500 new hospitals were opened all across Turkey.
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