Hospital resistant to magnitude 9 earthquake begins accepting patients

Hospital resistant to magnitude 9 earthquake begins accepting patients

The steel-framed hospital rebuilt after the earthquake has been put into service

GAZİANTEP – The New Oğuzeli State Hospital, built on 284 steel structures after the earthquake and resistant to magnitude 9, was completed and put into service.

Oğuzeli State Hospital, which was damaged by the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, was rebuilt in a short period of 7 months on 284 iron structures in a closed area of ​​12,114 square meters as a result of the determination and efforts of Chief Physician Dr. Lecturer Sedat Özdemir. The hospital, which was made resistant to even a 9 magnitude earthquake, aims to provide uninterrupted health services in the Oğuzeli district after the disaster of the century that Turkey has experienced.

Immediately after the earthquake, the hospital team took action quickly and began providing health services at a school in the district. During this process, emergency health services were provided with tents set up in the schoolyard with the help of Japanese health teams. Following these temporary services, the container hospital established by NATO on the old hospital grounds continued to provide health services in the region. However, with the start of hospital construction, the NATO container hospital was evacuated and health services were moved to the Martyr Halil Ejder Polat Barracks. Oğuzeli State Hospital, which had been providing services in this area for about a year, moved to the newly constructed area and began accepting patients.

The New Oğuzeli State Hospital began providing service to the district with 19 polyclinics, 24 emergency department observation areas, 68 bed capacity, 12 adult intensive care units, 4 neonatal intensive care units, 6 palliative care beds, 5-bed dialysis center and 3 operating rooms. An earthquake-resistant structure was built with 284 foley piles used in the hospital structure, prioritizing the strength of the building.

“Resistant to earthquakes of up to magnitude 9”

Providing information about the hospital, Oğuzeli State Hospital Chief Physician Dr. Lecturer Sedat Özdemir said that the hospital was built to withstand earthquakes of magnitude 9. Dr. Lecturer Özdemir said, “Our hospital was built on 284 steel structures in a short period of 7-8 months after the earthquake. According to the information we received from the company and the authorities, our hospital is resistant to earthquakes of magnitude 9. We have started service now. We have a total of 90 beds. 68 of these are patient beds and the rest are intensive care and palliative services. In addition, there are 3 operating rooms and 6 dialysis units. We also have 19 polyclinic services for the health services of our citizens. We are here to provide great service to our fellow Oğuzeli residents.”

“In the first stage, there is a monthly patient capacity of approximately 30 thousand people”

Saying that Oğuzeli State Hospital is of great importance for the Oğuzeli district and that it has a patient capacity of 30 thousand in the first stage, Chief Physician Dr. Lecturer Sedat Özdemir said, “Oğuzeli is a central district. Oğuzeli citizens have been waiting for such a hospital for a long time. It currently has the capacity to meet the great needs of Oğuzeli. Hopefully, when we become fully operational as soon as possible, we will have the capacity to meet all the needs of Oğuzeli. Currently, there is a patient capacity of approximately 30 thousand people per month in the first stage. We will increase this number in the future. We are waiting for our people to provide good services. Our patients will come from both the central Oğuzeli district and other districts. We want to serve all the people of Gaziantep and the surrounding provinces.”

Oğuzeli State Hospital, with its renewed face, will become an important health center in the district and its surroundings and will continue to provide high standards of health services to the people of the region. This success story of Chief Physician Dr. Lecturer Sedat Özdemir has become one of the best examples of the region’s recovery and social solidarity.