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 which serves the area of north Aegaen and South-West Marmara regions.The current President & CEO is 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.
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.
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
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
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 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.
The Nedime Hanım Site is located at Nedime Hanım Square, Old City.
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.
