OFID
Turkey’s healthcare transformation program
of the gaps in high-quality, universal health care. By Justine Würtz
The Manisa Education and Research Hospital in Turkey looks like a cross between a high-tech office complex and a futuristic housing campus. Located in the country’s western Aegean Region – and not in the capital, Istanbul, as might have been expected – the 178,000 m3
, 558-bed hospital is helping to close some
artially funded by a €35 million private sector loan from OFID, the hospital opened in late 2018 and is serving close to 1.8 million people who may otherwise not have been able to access such high quality care. Demanding architectural and technological standards mean that not only does the facility look good, it also
has a ‘tri-generation plant’ (which means it’s partially self-sufficient for power generation) and its layout promotes operational efficiency. Turkey’s Health Transformation Program is one of the world’s largest
undertakings when it comes to upgrading a healthcare system and modernizing infrastructure. A key element of the program is the focus on public private partnerships (PPPs); a focus that paved the way for OFID’s private sector to join with long-standing partner the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to co-finance the hospital’s construction. Speaking with the OFID Quarterly, Tareq Alnassar, OFID’s Assistant Director-
General, Private Sector and Trade Finance Operations, explained that PPPs are instrumental in leveraging resources to support much-needed investments. He added: “We are pleased contribute to such a positive outcome in support of Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and wellbeing. This is an innovative primary healthcare project – away from the capital, serving people who may otherwise not have had access to such high quality care – that combines a health facility offering multiple in- and out-patient services with an educational and research facility.” Serving not only the population in Manisa, but also people in nearby provinces including Usak and Kütahya, the hospital became operational at the end of October 2018. The total project cost of was €235 million (approximately US$260 million). The IsDB provided €60 million and the remainder was provided by the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (€22 million), Siemens Bank (€35 million) and Turkish participation bank Ziraat Katilim Bankasi (€25 million), in addition to OFID.
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