Akdeniz University Hospital

The Akdeniz University Hospital has 33 specialized departments and can receive 1,220 patients for inpatient treatment simultaneously. Thanks to this, the clinic took the third place in the country in terms of the number of medical services provided including those to foreign patients.

More than 900,000 patients receive treatment at Akdeniz, and around 8,5 million patients from Europe, the Middle East, and other countries receive consultations there every year. The hospital is Turkey's main health tourism centre.

Akdeniz is a state clinic and is fully funded by the Ministry of Turkey. That is why the prices of the medical services are the lowest in Turkey. The hospital has been awarded ISO 9001: 2008 quality management system certification, confirming the high quality of patient care.

Akdeniz University Hospital covers an area of 218,348 m² and strives to solve patients' problems with the help of 3,828 employees. It is proud of its world-renowned doctors, specialists, nurses and consultants.

Akdeniz is considered one of the country's leading centres for organ transplants. The clinic provides effective, efficient and high-quality medical services in the fields of cardiovascular surgery, emergency care and traumatology, resuscitation, intensive care and other areas of medicine. In addition, minor surgical procedures can be performed at the day surgery centre, and patients can be discharged on the same day after surgery.

Transplantology at Akdeniz University Hospital

The Transplant Centre at Akdeniz University Hospital is the largest state-run centre of its kind in Mediterranean Turkey, specialising in bone marrow transplants. In total, almost 1,000 operations have been performed in the adult and paediatric transplant departments. Throughout the entire period before, during, and after surgery, each patient is monitored by doctors in a single room around the clock. Over the course of 35 years of work in the department, specialists have performed 72 pancreas transplants, as well as:

The clinic is engaged in all possible types of transplantation. The world's first uterine transplantation was performed here.

Paediatric surgery in Akdeniz University Hospital

Akdeniz Paediatric Surgery is a department that specialises in the surgical treatment of pathological conditions and congenital or acquired diseases, including malformations, injuries, and tumours. Founded in 1989, it is a reference centre for paediatric surgery in Turkey. It conducts clinical and experimental research into new methods and medications for treating paediatric diseases.

The team, comprising four paediatric surgeons, interns, and nurses, strives to provide the best surgical care in all situations. More than 1,250 surgical procedures are performed here annually, half of which are minimally invasive.

Thanks to advanced infrastructure, including mechanical ventilators and monitors that can measure invasive pressure in newborns, it is possible to treat newborn babies. The clinic has fully equipped wards for younger and older children, as well as an intensive care unit for newborns.

Both clinical and experimental retrospective and prospective studies, including foetal surgery, are coordinated with the relevant departments and presented at national/international conferences and published in national and international medical journals.

Cardiovascular surgery at Akdeniz University Hospital

The Akdeniz Cardiovascular Surgery Department has been operating in accordance with all modern medical standards for over 20 years. It diagnoses and treats all diseases related to cardiovascular surgery. In particular, the department performs heart transplants (performed only in a few centres in the country) and treats:

The department operates on 1,000 patients annually, with an average of 900 adults and 100 children. Akdeniz's mission is to provide medical services to patients with cardiovascular diseases in accordance with international standards. Currently, the cardiovascular surgery department employs one professor, two associate professors, and one specialist physician, as well as nine research assistants who are undergoing training in cardiovascular surgery.

Neurosurgery at the Akdeniz Clinic

Radiology at Akdeniz University Hospital

It is also worth mentioning that the Radiological Department in Akdeniz carries out half a million procedures using the latest technologies of treatment and diagnostics every year. The radiological clinic provides the following services:

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Akdeniz University Hospital

The plastic surgery department at Akdeniz Hospital is renowned worldwide. It performs complex operations such as composite tissue and face transplants. These procedures are carried out in only a handful of institutions around the world. It is also worth noting that Akdeniz is the second hospital in the world to have successfully performed a face transplant. The following operations are performed here:

Robotic surgery at Akdeniz University Hospital

The Da Vinci surgical robot scales and filters the movements of its ‘hands,’ smoothly and accurately converting them into the most precise movements of the EndoWrist instruments. In the outpatient surgery department, specialists use minimally invasive techniques that allow them to perform more successful operations (than in standard clinics), after which patients are able to go home on the day of the operation.

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation in Akdeniz Hospital

The physiotherapy and rehabilitation department is staffed by four professors, three associate professors, seven research assistants, and 13 physiotherapists. Services are provided on an outpatient and inpatient basis. Every day, 80-100 patients receive treatment in the department. Almost all physiotherapy methods, including hydrotherapy, are performed at this centre. Akdeniz doctors provide neurological, orthopaedic, paediatric, rheumatological and other rehabilitation services.

The department has a rheumatology unit, which has been operating since 1993. It is important to note that much more time is allocated to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with inflammatory connective tissue diseases than in the other two outpatient rheumatology clinics. Innovative technologies and new-generation drugs are used here to successfully combat rheumatism of any severity.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Akdeniz University Hospital

Cost of treatment at the Akdeniz Clinic