New Girne and Güzelyurt hospitals open after years of ready
Oct 2, 2026 7:50 pm
Ibrar Younas
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Türkiye’s Vice-President proclaims TL1.514 billion allocation for healthcare as two state hospitals start serving sufferers
THE new Girne and Güzelyurt state hospitals formally opened on Friday in simultaneous ceremonies, marking the completion of two healthcare initiatives that residents have awaited for years.
Türkiye’s Vice-President Cevdet Yılmaz joined Prime Minister Ünal Üstel on the Girne opening, whereas Well being Minister Hakan Dinçyürek attended the ceremony in Güzelyurt, the place the hospital will present companies throughout 18 medical specialities with 36 docs.
Talking in Girne, Mr Yılmaz introduced that TL1.514 billion had been allotted to healthcare underneath the 2026 Financial and Monetary Co-operation Protocol between Türkiye and the TRNC. He stated the funding would strengthen infrastructure and enhance requirements of care, with public demand serving to to find out funding priorities.
The Güzelyurt hospital will function a round the clock emergency division staffed by two groups, Mr Dinçyürek stated. Its amenities embody X-ray, ultrasound and laboratory companies.
Among the many specialities obtainable are paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, inside drugs, ear, nostril and throat, dentistry, psychological well being, respiratory drugs, ophthalmology, radiology, urology, dermatology and cardiology. Eight common practitioners will even serve on the hospital.
Mr Dinçyürek stated gear and staffing preparations had been put in place to satisfy the area’s healthcare wants and provides residents higher confidence within the availability of native remedy.
In Girne, hospital chief doctor Beyhan Berova stated the brand new premises would permit workers to supply a broader vary of care regionally. Restricted amenities had beforehand meant referring sufferers to the principle hospital in Lefkoşa, she defined.
The opening mirrored each a duty in the direction of Girne residents and the passion of healthcare workers to supply improved companies, she stated, thanking Türkiye and everybody concerned in finishing the challenge.
Mr Üstel stated the 2 openings fulfilled longstanding expectations in Girne and Güzelyurt, with the initiatives accomplished by a mix of native assets and monetary co-operation with Türkiye.
He additionally linked the federal government’s wider healthcare constructing programme to assessments carried out following the February 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye, during which the TRNC misplaced members of the Champion Angels group. Public buildings, together with colleges and well being centres, had subsequently been examined for earthquake resistance, with some well being amenities demolished and rebuilt and others scheduled for alternative.
Each Mr Üstel and Mr Yılmaz additionally visited the brand new hospital underneath building in Lefkoşa earlier than attending the opening ceremony.
Mr Üstel stated the deliberate 343-bed Nalbantoğlu hospital was anticipated to open in 2027, whereas Mr Yılmaz stated building was progressing in accordance with schedule.
Describing the Lefkoşa challenge as the longer term flagship of the TRNC’s healthcare system, Mr Yılmaz stated its completion would additional develop the companies obtainable to sufferers.
