TRNC Prime Minister to lay foundation of Hospital of University of Kyrenia and Faculty of Medicine

According to a press statement released by the Press and Public Relations Directorate of University of Kyrenia, the groundbreaking ceremony of Hospital of University of Kyrenia and Faculty of Medicine, and opening ceremonies of new faculty buildings of Faculty of Maritime Studies and Faculty of Aviation and Space Sciences will be realized on the campus of University of Kyrenia on 15 November 2015, at 15:00. It is stated in the press info that the complex of Hospital of University of Kyrenia and Faculty of Medicine is projected to be completed within one year and become ready for education by the beginning of 2016-2017 academic year.

It is also stated that the Hospital of University of Kyrenia and Faculty of Medicine, which will be established with support of extensive knowledge and experience of Hospital of Near East University and Faculty of Medicine of Near East University, will provide every sort of contemporary equipment and technological infrastructure to conduct all sort of education and research facilities.

The Hospital of University of Kyrenia and Faculty of Medicine of University of Kyrenia, of which the groundbreaking ceremony will be actualized by Prime Minister Ömer Kalyoncu on 15th November and be completed within one year, will be in service in September 2016.

The Faculty of Medicine and the Hospital of University of Kyrenia will be established in accordance with the international criteria and medical criteria, and the Hospital will have a capacity of 150 beds. The Hospital will consist of the departments of Emergency Medicine, Forensic Medicine, Pediatrics, Dermatology and Venereology, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Internal Medicine, Thoracic Diseases, Cardiology, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Psychiatry, Sports Medicine, Medical Genetics, Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Otorhinolaryngology, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medical Pathology, Urology, Orthodontics, Nutrition and Dietetics and latest technology equipped Check-up Center, Blood Bank, laboratories, operating rooms and Hemodialysis Unit.

The Hospital of University of Kyrenia, which is being built in the line with standards and criteria set by international bodies, will provide high quality, safe and affordable health services to the people living in Kyrenia and its surroundings.

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