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: 160Full-Time Employees: 520Active Medical Staff: 280Lecturer Medical Staff: 124Admissions: 5,000Average Length of Stay: 5Emergency Room Visits: 3.500Trauma Patients: 850Surgeries:Million Annual Budget (Approximately): 35 million Turkish lirasAccident and Emergency (Emergency Department)Post Graduate Medical CentreAllergyAnaesthesiaAndrologyAudiologyBack Pain ServiceBiochemistry & ImmunologyBlood ServiceBone (Metabolic) Unit & Bone Density UnitBreast UnitBreathlessness Intervention ServiceEye UnitHealth at Work ServiceHeart ClinicIVFCancerCardiac Rehabilitation ServiceCardiology (Heart)Cataract ClinicChild Development CentreChildren's Eye Service (Paediatric Ophthalmology)Children's Services (Paediatrics)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - Co-creating HealthChronic Pain ServiceClinical ImmunologyClinical Investigation WardClinical PharmacologyClinical Research FacilityColorectal UnitColposcopyCritical Care OutreachCo-creating HealthCommunity Midwifery TeamCore Biochemical Assay Laboratory (CBAL)Cytogenetics & Molecular Genetics LaboratoryCytology - Cervical/DiagnosticDay SurgeryDelivery UnitDepartment of Medicine for the Elderly (DME)Dermatology (Skin)DiabetesDialysisDieteticsDisablement Service CentreElderly MedicineEmergency DepartmentEndocrinologyEndoscopyENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)Epilepsy servicesEye UnitEye Department (Ophthalmology)Familial gastric cancer studyGastroenterologyGastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (Paediatric)GeneticsGenetics laboratoriesGenitourinary Medicine (GUM) and Sexual Health Advice Centre (SHAC)GynaecologyGynaecological OncologyHaematological LaboratoriesHaemophilia CentreHepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer ServiceHereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC) studyHistopathologyImmunologyImmunology LaboratoriesInfection controlInfectious DiseasesIntensive Care Unit (ICU)Intermediate Dependency AreaKidney (Renal)Psychiatry ServiceLow vision advice and liaison serviceLung Function UnitLupus & VasculitisLysosomal DisordersMajor trauma centreMaternity ServicesMaxillofacial SurgeryMedical Physics and Clinical EngineeringMelanoma support groupMental HealthMetabolic Bone DiseaseMicrobiology & VirologyMolecular GeneticsMolecular Malignancy LaboratoryNeonatal ServicesNephrology (Renal/kidney)Neuro Critical Care UnitNeurosciences (Brain and Nerves)Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery UnitNuclear MedicineNutrition and DieteticsObesityOccupational HealthOccupational TherapyOncology (Cancer)Ophthalmology (Eye Department)Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Mouth & Face)OrthodonticsOtolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)Otology (Ear)Outpatient physiotherapyPaediatrics (Children's Services)Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionPaediatric Intensive Care UnitPain ServicePalliative carePatient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)PathologyPharmacyPhlebotomy Service (Blood)PhysiotherapyPlanned Short Stay UnitPlastic SurgeryPleural ServicePorphyriaPost Graduate Medical CentrePre-assessmentPrenatal & Neonatal ScreeningPsychiatry - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustRadiologyRadiotherapyRehabilitation MedicineRenal (Nephrology)Renal Genetics & Tubular Disorders ClinicRespiratory MedicineRheumatologySevere Insulin Resistance ServiceSkin cancer serviceSpeech and Language TherapyThoracic UnitThrombosis Treatment TeamTissue TypingTrauma and OrthopaedicsTransplantUpper Gastrointestinal (GI) UnitUrology (Urinary Tract)Vascular SurgeryVasculitis and lupus serviceVirology & MicrobiologyWard informationWellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (CRF)Women's ServicesChildren's OutpatientsDermatology / Plastic SurgeryDiabetes and Endocrine ClinicEar, Nose & Throat (ENT)Eye ClinicGastroenterology, Neurosciences, Infectious Medicine, Hepatology, RenalGeneral SurgeryGenito-Urinary medicineHeartMedical, Cardiology & Elderly (DME)Mental HealthRespiratory (Chest), Allergy & ImmunologyRheumatologyOral & Maxillofacial Surgery and OrthodonticsOrthopaedics & TraumaTrauma & OrthopaedicsUrologyThe 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.
