Yeşilköy_Prof._Dr._Murat_Dilmener_Emergency_Hospital

Yeşilköy Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Emergency Hospital

Yeşilköy Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Emergency Hospital

Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

Yeşilköy Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Emergency Hospital (Turkish: Yeşilköy Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Acil Durum Hastanesi, commonly referred to as Yeşilköy Emergency Hospital), is a hospital in Yeşilköy neighborhood of Bakırköy district in Istanbul Province, Turkey for use in emergency situations like pandemics, epidemics or earthquakes. It was opened in end May 2020.[1][3]

Quick Facts Geography, Location ...

History

The construction of two large-size emergency hospitals in Istanbul Province was planned soon after the confirmation of the first COVID-19 pandemic case in Turkey. The emergency hospitals, one on Istanbul's European part and the other on the Asian part, with a bed capacity of around 1,000 each were to be situated on the ground of airports and to be built within 45 days only.[4]

The groundbreaking of Yeşilköy Emergency Hospital took place on 9 April 2020. The hospital was inaugurated on 31 May 2020 after completion of the construction and the outfitting works in 52 days from the groundbreaking.[1] It is a type of field hospital, however it has a permanent status and not as the commonly known field hospitals being temporary.[5]

The hospital was named after Murat Dilmener (1942–2020), a physician and former professor at the Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, who died from COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Location and characteristics

Wings of the Yeşilköy Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Emergency Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.
Patients waiting for COVID-19 testing at the entrance of Yeşilköy Emergency Hospital in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey

The hospital is situated on the ground of Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Yeşilköy neighborhood of Bakırköy district on the European part of Istanbul Province. The one-story building of 75,000 m2 (810,000 sq ft) covered space occupies 125,000 m2 (1,350,000 sq ft) land area. The hospital features 1,008 hospital beds in total, 576 hospital bedrooms with bath, 432 intensive care beds including 36 installed with dialysis and intensive care equipment, 36 emergency medical hold beds, eight triage rooms, 16 operating theaters, two CRP rooms, four tomography rooms, four MR rooms and two X-ray rooms. The hospital has a parking lot capable of 500 vehicles.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Acil Durum Hastanesi açıldı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Acil Durum Hastanesi ve Dr. İsmail Niyazi Kurtulmuş Hastanesi açıldı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Istanbul gets 2 more pandemic hospitals". Daily Sabah. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. [4]
    "COVID-19: Turkey model country with strong health system, social assistance". Anadolu News Agancy. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Cuma günü açılıyor... İşte ilk pandemi hastanesinde son durum". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Murat Dilmener kimdir, kaç yaşındaydı? Prof. Dr Murat Dilmener neden öldü?". Milliyet (in Turkish). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yeşilköy Emergency Hospital.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Yeşilköy_Prof._Dr._Murat_Dilmener_Emergency_Hospital, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.