Three of city hospitals defined as ‘my biggest love’ by the President Erdoğan, have been opened to service. The target is to increase this number to 7 by year end. According to the figures of the Health Investments General Directorate, 31 city hospitals including those to be tendered, will serve with a total capacity of 43 thousand beds.

THE CITY HOSPITALS starting a big transformation in the health industry, began to serve. The number of 4 city hospitals opened in Yozgat, Mersin, Isparta and Adana within the year, is expected to rise to 7 by the end of the year. The investors continue to invest so that the hospitals in Ankara Bilkent, Eskişehir and Kayseri begin to admit patients.

The tenders for 21 among the city hospitals built according to the PublicPrivate Partnership have been completed. New tenders will follow these hospitals having more than 31 thousand beds. According to the figures of the Health Investments General Directorate, the total number of city hospitals will rise to 31 and the number of beds will rise to 43 thousands.

At PPP model foreseeing the public investments to be made by the private sector and then leased to the state for a term of 25 years, the private sector is also obliged to provide some services assumed by the public during this leasing period. The medical service is again provided by the state which is also in charge of the medical staff consisting of physicians and nurses. The examples in the world for this partnership model extends from 15 years to 30 years and the term for the projects in Turkey is set to be 25 years.