GENERAL INFORMATION

Client : Marmara University Rectorate

CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES

The construction of the Research and Practice Hospital with 600 bed capacity in the Başıbüyük Health Units Campus, is situated at the Health Units Campus in the province of İstanbul, Anatolian side, district of Maltepe and the location of Başıbüyük.

The Research and Practice Hospital of the Marmara University which has been planned to be the most developed health center of Turkey when completed, has been planned in accordance with the recent developments in the field of Medicine and Medical Education in a manner that would compensate for the lack of health services especially in the Anatolian side of İstanbul, and has been projected in such a way that the most recent methods in terms of Research, Education, Diagnosis and Treatment can be used and the modern equipment can be installed.

The number of beds which is 600 in 26 units reaches 658 together with the beds in the Emergency Service and 32 beds in the Intensive Care Division. The fact that there exist 2 transplantation, 2 thorax/cardiac, 2 neurosurgery, 2 pediatric surgery, 2 plastic surgery, 2 eye surgery, 2 otorhinolaryngology, 2 orthopedics, 2 urology, 2 general surgery operating rooms, 2 delivery rooms and 2 gynecologic operation rooms and 5 operating rooms in the emergency service is an evidence demonstrating that the hospital is oriented towards research. There exist 15 X-Ray Rooms 4 of which are in the Emergency Service and 11 in the Radiology Department, also there exist 3 angiography rooms, 2 computerized tomography devices in the Department of Radiotheraphy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, After Loading Cobalt-60 and Linear Accelerator units.

The edifice is considered of 16 blocks connected to each other by dilatations including research, diagnosis and treatment units the total closed area of which is 115.018,82 m² and of a two storey closed garage which is connected to these blocks again by dilatations. One of the above mentioned 16 blocks is in the height of 13 floors (together with the basement floors), five of them in 12, five of them in 4 and the remaining five in 3 floors. The height of the floors have been projected as 4.48 m in the basement floors, ground and the first floor, and as 3.52 m in the other floors; and floor unit coverings have been used in all blocks, except for the garage block. Structural axes have been planned in the overall edifice as 3.60x7.20, 7.20x7.20 and 8.40x 8x40 according to the volume features. In the 4th block, consoles of 1.80 m have been used starting from the 1st floor.

There exist ventilation system in the overall hospital and air conditioning system in the specific departments like the operating rooms, intensive care units, radiotheraphy and radiology departments which should be sterile.
All the beds floors, Operation/Delivery rooms, Emergency Service and other units include Medical Gases System.

Whole of the building is equiped with Fire Alarm and Fire Extinguishing Systems.

Moreover whole of the building is planned to connect all the related units each other with computer system, research and training units are planned with internal TV systems, and power supply is used in the necessary units.