Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Liashko arrived in Turkey and spoke with Deputy Minister of Health Huzeyfe Yilmaz about developing partnerships in the field of medicine, in particular, burn injuries and rehabilitation, Suspilne reports.
This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Liashko visited the large Turkish complex Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital
which consists of 8 specialized hospitals. The 6 blocks of the main hospital include general medicine, pediatrics, orthopedics and neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiac surgery, and oncology. At the time of commissioning, the complex had 725 consultation rooms and 2682 beds for intensive care when needed.
In addition, Liashko and Yilmaz agreed on the future signing of an international medical partnership agreement between Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital and a Ukrainian medical institution for burn injury. The Ministry of Health promises to select a suitable medical institution in Ukraine in the near future.
The Ukrainian minister also proposed to intensify bilateral cooperation between the countries in the following areas:
- rehabilitation – cooperation in the field of prosthetics and rehabilitation of the wounded, exchange of experience and technologies to improve the quality of life of the victims;
- public-private partnership (PPP) – Ukraine is interested in attracting financial, human and managerial investments of the private sector in the modernization of medicine and in using Turkish experience in implementing PPPs in the medical sector;
- exchange of experience – training of Ukrainian specialists in Turkey, advanced training of Ukrainian doctors through internships in leading Turkish medical institutions and joint research;
- international medical partnership – support and development of cooperation between Ukrainian and Turkish medical institutions at the state level.
