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The Vehbi Koç Foundation American Hospital is a non-profit healthcare establishment owned and operated by the Foundation, providing a wide range of high-quality general and specialty healthcare services to over 140,000 patients each year. The quality of its medical and nursing staff, administrative systems and processes as well as its cutting-edge diagnostic and medical technologies are all on par with the highest global standards of excellence and contribute to the development of Turkey’s healthcare sector as a whole. |
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| To be recognized as a centre of excellence in healthcare services in Turkey and its region |
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History | |
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The American Hospital was first established in 1920 by Admiral Mark L. Bristol and is Turkey’s first non-profit private hospital. A nursing school – also Turkey’s first - was established at the same time and has since become an inseparable and essential part of the hospital. In 1995 and following a board decision of The American Hospital of Istanbul, a non-profit organization based in New York, ownership of the hospital was transferred to the Vehbi Koç Foundation. Initially set up in 1920 with the help of the Red Cross and the American High Commission in a wooden mansion in Istanbul’s Çarşıkapı district, the American Hospital moved to its present venue in Istanbul’s Nişantaşı district in 1939. The Vehbi Koç Foundation carried out large-scale renovations and extension projects in the 1995-1999, 2000-2002, 2002-2004 and 2004-2007 periods. |
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Turkey’s largest private hospital… | |
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The VKF American Hospital is equipped with world-class, cutting-edge medical technology. It has a total of 300 patient rooms (of which 60 are in intensive care units), 13 operating theatres as well as 541 doctors and 1028 medical staff providing top-quality healthcare services in 38 branches of medical specialty. |