System, based on quality!
Koç University Hospital was created in 2014. The hospital opened its doors for scientific research and training in the month of September. The two following years, Koç University Hospital already had 404 single rooms for inpatient treatment and with 73 rooms for intensive care. 111 rooms from them are fitted to accommodate children. Available for interventions are 14 manipulation rooms, as well as 12 operating theatres, where more than 4000 operations have been performed. Only for 2016, the hospital has conducted treatment of 6000 inpatients. The number of patients for outpatient treatment is higher than 65000 as 1600 of them were foreigners. The numbers are another evidence that Koç University Hospital is among the leaders in the provision of quality medical services.
The campus for health sciences of Koç University Hospital is located on territory of 220 000 m2. It is formed by a Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine, The Centre for Qualification Improvement, and scientific research laboratories. The campus for health sciences contributes to the increase of the qualifications of the people employed in the field. Additionally, it follows innovative methods, in accordance with American standards.
Koç University Hospital is the only official representative of the American MD Anderson Cancer Centre out of the territory of the USA.
The university hospital owns the single device – gamma knife ICON for tumours in Europe and the Middle East. The radiosurgery device is intended for bigger formations, with the gamma knife can treat without the need of surgical intervention. Patients with formations bigger than 3.5 cm are suitable for such treatment. Thanks to the directed movement of low-energy radioactive waves, the surrounding brain tissue is not damaged. This gamma knife is used in 330 medical centres around the world and Koç University Hospital is one of them.