Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital (), also known as Başakşehir City Hospital, is a large district general hospital in

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district of

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, Turkey. It was developed jointly by Turkish and

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cooperation, symbolized in the name with ''Çam ve Sakura'' ( English: Pine and Cherry Blossom). The hospital complex opened in May 2020.

History

Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital is Turkey's third biggest healthcare investment project. It was conducted by the Ministry of Health in a

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(PPP) model, financed by nine different global finance corporations including the

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and

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. The cost of the project was 163 billion

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(approx. US$1.5 billion). It was developed by the Turkish Rönesans Healthcare and the Japanese

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. The construction of the hospital complex began in 2016 and was completed in 2020. The healthcare investment project was honored with the "PPP Contract of the Year" prize within

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's Project Finance International Awards. The first section of the hospital went into service on 20 April 2020 for the treatment of

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patients only. On 21 May, the hospital's inauguration ceremony was held with Turkish President

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and Heath Minister Fahrettin Koca. Japanese Prime Minister

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joined the event via

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. The Turkish–Japanese cooperation of the project was marked in its official name: with ''çam'', Turkish for 'pine', and ''

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'', Japanese for 'cherry blossom', symbolizing the Turkish and Japanese contributions to the hospital.

Characteristics

The hospital complex was built on a plot of and has a total interior floorspace of . The main hospital comprises six blocks built around a core structure, all of which are constructed on a base of over 2,000 seismic base isolators, designed to withstand earthquakes without disruptions to service. According to ''Building Design+Construction'' magazine, it was the largest base-isolated building in the world at the time of its opening. The complex has three

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s and a total parking capacity of 8,134. The complex also has of landscaping, planted with pine and cherry trees. The hospital complex consists of eight special hospitals. The six blocks of the main hospital house

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and

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, women's medicine and

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and

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, and

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. Two adjacent buildings house the

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and

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hospitals. At the time of its commissioning, it had a total of 725 examination rooms and 2,682

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s, which can be converted for

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when needed. It features 28 delivery rooms, 90

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s, a 16-bed

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and a total of 426 intensive care unit (ICU) beds for newborn babies and adults. About 4,300 medical personnel, 4,050 service personnel and 810 management personnel work in the hospital complex, where up to 32,700 patients can be served daily.

Location and access

Başakşehir City Hospital is situated at ''Olimpiyat Bulvarı Yolu'' ( English: Olympic Boulevard Road) in

district of

, Turkey. The hospital is accessible by city line buses, including MK22 Taşoluk Peronlar-Fenertepe to Başakşehir Metrokent, 79E Kayabaşı Kiptaş-Kayaşehir to Eminönü, 79B Kayaşehir to Bakırköy, MK22 Taşoluk Peronlar-Fenertepe to Başakşehir Metrokent, and 78F Başakşehir-Fenertepe to Metrokent. It is also accessible via the M3 Metro Line, which stops at the '' Şehir Hastanesi'' station near the hospital.

References

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