President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of Antalya City Hospital. Stating that the 1,500-bed Antalya City Hospital equipped with the most advanced medical technologies will significantly contribute to Antalya, one of the most valuable trademarks of tourism and production, President Erdoğan said: “We are determined to put city hospitals as unique healing centers at our nation’s disposal. Our citizens used to go abroad for diagnosis and treatment. But, Türkiye has now become one of the world’s leading healthcare centers in almost every branch.”Minister Koca spoke at the opening of Antalya City Hospital Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca stated that a quarter of health services is now provided in city hospitals and said, “This is the 24 city hospital of Türkiye, and the first in Antalya. Antalya City Hospital, built from the central budget, has a bed capacity of 1500 and a closed area of 285 thousand square meters.”“We now provide one quarter of healthcare services in our city hospitals” Koca reminded that Antalya City Hospital started accepting patients on December 4, and emphasized that nearly 130 thousand patients were examined and nearly 1500 patients were operated on in three months, and that they currently serve with 2 thousand 150 healthcare professionals and staff. “The number of outpatient clinic patients reached 4 thousand/day. 5 thousand patients, including the services provided in the emergency department. When the hospital becomes fully operational, 20 thousand patients will be examined daily. The hospital was put into service in only in 32 months” said Dr. Koca.
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