The ÇOMÜ Hospital (more commonly referred to as Çanakkale University Hospital) is the biggest research and teaching hospital in the Western Marmara region of Turkey. It serves the area of north Aegean and South-West Marmara regions, with the current president and chief executive officer as Dr. Murat Coşar. The hospital is a 160-bed facility that provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services.
It is well respected as one of the leading community teaching and research hospitals in Turkey, affiliated with the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ). The university hospital has one of the busiest emergency departments in the country.
The COMU Hospital is staffed by 160 full-time attending physicians 124 of them are also faculty members of the COMÜ Faculty of Medicine. The University Hospital has more than 5,000 admissions, 2,500 births, and 215,000 outpatient visits annually.
History The hospital was established in 2007 in Kepez district as the teaching and research hospital for the university of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart School of Medicine. The rapid growth of the area led the hospital to continue to expand to some surrounding medical buildings. In 2012 the Nedime Hanim Site was added to the Hospital network. The new and bigger hospital buildings with 300-bed facility are also under construction. The new medical site is planned in the main campus of the university.
Statistics Beds: 160 Full-Time Employees: 520 Active Medical Staff: 280 Lecturer Medical Staff: 124 Admissions: 5,000 Average Length of Stay: 5 Emergency Room Visits: 3.500 Trauma Patients: 850 Surgeries: Million Annual Budget (Approximately): 35 million Turkish liras
Programs, Services and Clinics
Programs & Services Accident and Emergency (Emergency Department) Post Graduate Medical Centre Allergy Anaesthesia Andrology Audiology Back Pain Service Biochemistry & Immunology Blood Service Bone (Metabolic) Unit & Bone Density Unit Breast Unit Breathlessness Intervention Service Eye Unit Health at Work Service Heart Clinic IVF Cancer Cardiac Rehabilitation Service Cardiology (Heart) Cataract Clinic Child Development Centre Children's Eye Service (Paediatric Ophthalmology) Children's Services (Paediatrics) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - Co-creating Health Chronic Pain Service Clinical Immunology Clinical Investigation Ward Clinical Pharmacology Clinical Research Facility Colorectal Unit Colposcopy Critical Care Outreach Co-creating Health Community Midwifery Team Core Biochemical Assay Laboratory (CBAL) Cytogenetics & Molecular Genetics Laboratory Cytology - Cervical/Diagnostic Day Surgery Delivery Unit Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) Dermatology (Skin) Diabetes Dialysis Dietetics Disablement Service Centre Elderly Medicine Emergency Department Endocrinology Endoscopy ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) Epilepsy services Eye Unit Eye Department (Ophthalmology) Familial gastric cancer study Gastroenterology Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (Paediatric) Genetics Genetics laboratories Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) and Sexual Health Advice Centre (SHAC) Gynaecology Gynaecological Oncology Haematological Laboratories Haemophilia Centre Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer Service Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC) study Histopathology Immunology Immunology Laboratories Infection control Infectious Diseases Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Intermediate Dependency Area Kidney (Renal) Psychiatry Service Low vision advice and liaison service Lung Function Unit Lupus & Vasculitis Lysosomal Disorders Major trauma centre Maternity Services Maxillofacial Surgery Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Melanoma support group Mental Health Metabolic Bone Disease Microbiology & Virology Molecular Genetics Molecular Malignancy Laboratory Neonatal Services Nephrology (Renal/kidney) Neuro Critical Care Unit Neurosciences (Brain and Nerves) Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery Unit Nuclear Medicine Nutrition and Dietetics Obesity Occupational Health Occupational Therapy Oncology (Cancer) Ophthalmology (Eye Department) Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Mouth & Face) Orthodontics Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat) Otology (Ear) Outpatient physiotherapy Paediatrics (Children's Services) Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Pain Service Palliative care Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) Pathology Pharmacy Phlebotomy Service (Blood) Physiotherapy Planned Short Stay Unit Plastic Surgery Pleural Service Porphyria Post Graduate Medical Centre Pre-assessment Prenatal & Neonatal Screening Psychiatry - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Radiology Radiotherapy Rehabilitation Medicine Renal (Nephrology) Renal Genetics & Tubular Disorders Clinic Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Severe Insulin Resistance Service Skin cancer service Speech and Language Therapy Thoracic Unit Thrombosis Treatment Team Tissue Typing Trauma and Orthopaedics Transplant Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Unit Urology (Urinary Tract) Vascular Surgery Vasculitis and lupus service Virology & Microbiology Ward information Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Women's Services
Clinics Children's Outpatients Dermatology / Plastic Surgery Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Eye Clinic Gastroenterology, Neurosciences, Infectious Medicine, Hepatology, Renal General Surgery Genito-Urinary medicine Heart Medical, Cardiology & Elderly (DME) Mental Health Respiratory (Chest), Allergy & Immunology Rheumatology Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics Orthopaedics & Trauma Trauma & Orthopaedics Urology
The Kepez Site The main building (Kepez Campus) is located at main street in Kepez Square. It was opened in 2007 by the permission of the Turkish National Health Ministry. The hospital underwent an expansion in the 2011 and work was completed with additional bed spaces in early 2012.
The ÇOMÜ Hospital is a primary multi-care facility (open 24 hours) in its area, an Academic community hospital.
Nedime Hanım Site The Nedime Hanım Site is located at Nedime Hanım Square, Old City.
The Emergency Service (Department) The hospital's Emergency Service operates 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. It is based at Kepez Site. The Emergency Service serves the local population of Çanakkale province as well as adjoining parts of Balıkesir and surrounding area.
See also List of hospitals in Turkey
References
External links Official website