Join this channel to support this channel: / @hasanada Contact: [email protected] Instagram: hasannnada HEYBELİADA SANATORIUM It was opened in 1924 on Heybeliada as the first sanatorium of Turkey upon the instructions of ATATÜRK in order to combat tuberculosis, an epidemic disease in the early years of the Republic. Additional buildings were built and the hospital was expanded in 1939. In addition to all these structures, a rehabilitation center was put into operation in 1954 and a nursing school was put into operation in the same year. At the rehabilitation center, patients were given courses on shoemaking, sock making, photography, etc. by masters, and patients were able to learn a craft and become professionals. According to a study conducted on the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the sanatorium, approximately half of the thousand people who attended the courses had become professionals and employed. Morale days were organized once a week at the sanatorium, and either movie screenings were held or concerts were given to increase the morale of the patients. In 1947, Dr. Ahmet Erbelger, and in 1951, Dr. With Siyami Ersek starting to work full-time, Heybeliada Sanatorium gained momentum and became one of the first thoracic surgery centers in the country. For this reason, this sanatorium, which is accepted as a training and research hospital for tuberculosis, has also provided cure to names such as İsmet İnönü, Rufat Ilgaz, and Ece Ayhan. Between 1955 and 1977, the bacteriology laboratory in the Sanatorium was modernized and a seventy-bed ward, a new pharmacy and a conference hall were added to the complex. The Sanatorium, which broke new ground in the fight against tuberculosis, treated tens of thousands of patients, trained hundreds of specialists, and performed thousands of lung surgeries, served for many years as a fully equipped chest diseases and thoracic surgery training and research hospital with its surgery, ENT and dental services; bacteriology-biochemistry, x-ray, pathology-cytology and respiratory function laboratories; pharmacy; auxiliary nursing school and rehabilitation facilities. Before 1980, tuberculosis; It was considered an ‘illness that the state was responsible for’ and the hospital’s fuel, food, electricity and water expenses were paid by the Ministry of Health, but as a result of the changing health policy in the 1980s, the hospital was forced to meet its own needs from its own income and, unable to adapt to the new system, the hospital began to experience financial difficulties. During the 1999 earthquake, damage occurred to buildings; roofs were damaged, chimneys collapsed, plaster fell off in blocks and cracks appeared in the walls. Despite the damage, there were no casualties in the hospital; patients were moved to the gardens and patient care was provided in the gardens for a temporary period. The financing required for the maintenance of the two buildings damaged in the earthquake was provided by the Pharmaceutical Industry Employers’ Union. With a decision approved by the Ministry of Health on 01.08.2005, the Heybeliada Sanatorium Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital was closed and its staff and medical equipment were transferred to the Süreyyapaşa Chest, Cardiovascular and Vascular Diseases Training and Research Hospital. This veteran hospital, which had a staff of 250, including 100 doctors and nurses, and a capacity of 660 beds at the time of its closure, closed its doors as of September 30, 2005. The buildings, which were left to their fate with two guards after being evacuated, began to decay over time due to lack of maintenance. While no decision could be made as to what the buildings would be used for, on October 18, 2009, as a result of a fire that broke out on the roof of Block A for an unknown reason, the first sanatorium of the Republic of Turkey, one of the symbols of the fight against tuberculosis for many years, became unusable. In order to utilize these idle structures by providing health services, various meetings were held with the Ministry of Health, the Governorship (Provincial Health Directorate), and NGOs on the islands, and projects were presented, but no results were obtained. NOTE: It is currently said that the hospital has been given to the Religious Affairs Foundation. https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heybeli...