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International Medical Network Medicana is one of the largest networks of medical institutions in the region. Medicana hospitals group occupy leading positions among the most high-tech medical centers in Turkey. Quality and safety of services in institutions of Medicana complies with the latest international health standards and the level of centers are compared with the top world leaders in medicine.
First clinic was founded in 1995, today the Medicana network consist of 9 modern medical centers (two of which are highly advanced Dental centers), specialized institutions and research departments. The leading clinics of the group are situated in Istanbul, Ankara, Konya and Samsun.
People come to Medicana seeking for treatment in fields of neurosurgery, transplantology, oncology, heart surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, and so on.
Medicana in figures:
1338 patient beds for inpatient treatment;
more than 550 highly qualified physicians, 200 of whom are professors;
hospital personnel over 3500 people;
41 000 surgical interventions on the heart;
more than 20 000 orthopedic interventions;
over 500 successful kidney transplants;
over 200 liver transplants;
over 1 000 000 patients per year.
The Medicana clinics are accredited by the JCI (Joint Commission International) which approves the network's compliance with the "gold standards" of global medicine. After obtaining accreditation, the Quality Management Department was established on the basis of medical centers which strictly controls the conformity of the technological base, as well as the qualification of personnel to the JCI standards.
Within the city of Istanbul there are three large clinics of this network: Medicana International Istanbul, Medicana Bahçelievler, Medicana Çamlıca and Medicana Ankara.
Medicana International Istanbul
Medicana International Istanbul is one of the biggest multidisciplinary hospitals in the networks. Located in Turkey’s capital city, its two divisions - clinic and polyclinic - take up 30,000 m2. It is conveniently located only 20 km from the International Atatürk Airport.
This hospital is recognized by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF as a Baby-Friendly Hospital (BFH).
On the clinic’s basis, all the necessary equipment for modern diagnostics and treatment is available. They are also able to account for a big amount of patients. For inpatient treatment, they have 109 general hospital rooms, 5 VIP rooms, and 1 CIP room.
Medicana Çamlıca
Founded in 1999, Medicana Çamlıca leads in the fields of cardiovascular surgery, child cardiology, oncology, rheumatology, joint surgery, and reproductive medicine.
It has one of the highest IVF success rates in Turkey.
The hospital has 150 inpatient beds. Moreover, they have a big dialysis department, a rehabilitation care center, and a sleep laboratory.
Every year, the doctors of Medicana Çamlıca perform up to 8,000 diagnostic angiographies, 1,500 bypass surgeries, and more than 210 dialyzes.
Medicana Bahçelievler
The second most popular hospital in the network. Founded in 2003, it can accommodate 89 inpatients. There also are 6 surgery blocks, 2 delivery rooms, intensive care units, ER. Besides that, they also have specialized subdivisions for patients with cardiovascular pathology, an intensive care unit for newborns, dialysis department, and an endoscopic laboratory.
In 2012, they opened a Spine Surgery Center, one of the biggest specialized facilities in Istanbul.
Medicana Ankara
Medicana Ankara is one of the biggest medical facilities in Turkey. The hospital is located in a 20,000 m2 building and is designed for 215 inpatients.
The specialists there have access to some of the most leading-edge equipment. They can diagnose patients with multislice CT, PET-CT Discoery IQ, MRI, Gamma Camera and linear accelerators. The treatment is routinely performed with the use of modern techniques, such as CyberKnife, minimally invasive surgery, etc. Additionally, radiology and nuclear medicine departments have the most advanced technology for cancer patients.
Features of the Clinic
On the basis of the medical center, complex neurosurgical, oncological, cardiosurgical interventions are performed on daily basis using the latest international medical protocols. The clinic also diagnoses and treats various diseases in orthopedics and traumatology, general surgery, gynecology, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, reproductive medicine, vascular surgery, urology and gastroenterology.
The experts of the center annually take trainings in leading medical institutions of Europe and North America, which is confirmed by number of professional certificates. The level of the clinic and practicing specialists is confirmed by the availability of the JCI international accreditation certificate.
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Over the last years, there have been a significant number of medical advancements made in the sphere of cardiology, in comparison with other fields. The field is developing in the direction of safer, more reliable and less invasive treatments. Medicana Health Group keeps up with the latest developments and employs them to help adults and children with illnesses of the heart.
Many children are born with heart defects nowadays. Thanks to the progress of medicine, doctors are able to treat the disorders that would have been fatal before. With early prenatal diagnostics, these problems can be solved with surgery immediately after birth. There are very few medical centers worldwide that can perform operations of such complexity.
Doctors at Medicana have achieved an almost 100% success rate in the treatment of cardiovascular pathologies.
Due to the availability of a 64-slice tomograph in Medicana hospitals, the diagnosis of cardiovascular pathology has an undoubted advantage as it takes only 4 seconds, after which the specialist receives a high-quality three-dimensional image which makes it possible to make the diagnosis as accurate as possible.
Being a leader in the area of cardiovascular surgery, a method of angiography through the vessels of the wrist was developed and applied. Unlike access through the thigh, this technique significantly reduces the incidence of complications in the field of angiography catheter introduction.
Every year, they perform more than 4,000 cardiac surgeries, including international patients, especially from the Middle East and Europe.
Medicana Hospital Group has mastered such procedures as:
Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement;
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CBAG);
Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery.
ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
The organ transplantation center of the Medicana clinic network is officially certified by the Ministry of Health of Turkey. From January 2015 to June 2015, the clinic specialists performed 209 kidney transplants with a 90% success rate. High statistical indicators of organ survival after transplantation are achieved not only due to the modern approach but also more than 20 years of experience of leading specialists in transplnatology at Medicana Hospitals.
In Medicana Centers, liver, kidney, cornea, stem cell and bone marrow transplants can be done with the highest guarantee. All the transplantation units are certified by the Ministry of Health and recognized by international medical organizations.
Patients are provided with the best care required for such a delicate procedure. For example, people with kidney failure and other digestion-sensitive disorders are provided with a personalized diet, developed by Medicana’s professional dieticians. People with limited mobility have access to transportation vehicles.
The success rate of high-risk organ transplantations like liver or kidney at Medicana Hospitals reaches over 80-90%.

CANCER TREATMENT
Medicana Group invests a lot of resources to make their oncology departments as effective as possible. The main branches of care are surgical oncology, radiation oncology, nuclear oncology, and molecular oncology. For cancer patients, Medicona offers the following treatments:
VERSA HD
The newest generation development in the world of oncology that has changed the standard of cancer treatment. It is a highly precise method with a minimal negative effect on healthy tissue. Due to this, it is often used on tumors in children.
CyberKnife
A maximally safe and precise treatment. Can reach and remove malignancies less than 0,5 mm. in size.
Intraoperative Radiotherapy
The main advantages of the method are its quickness and access to hard-to-reach tumors that can’t be removed surgically. It is used in the treatment of breast cancer and some intra-abdominal tumors.
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
Used to treat prostate cancer, brain cancer, head-neck cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, thyroid cancer, lung cancer, gynecologic cancer, lymphoma and sarcoma in both adults and children.
Brachytherapy
Placement of radioactive materials nearby or inside the tumor.
ADVANTAGES OF TREATMENT IN MEDICANA HOSPITALS TURKEY
Clinics of the Medicana group meet all the recognized world standards for the provision of medical services, from diagnosis to complicated surgical procedures. In the arsenal of the clinic there is not only the latest equipment but also the decades of experience of medical specialists.
Centers for artificial insemination in clinics Medicana have made significant progress in the conduct and effectiveness of in vitro fertilization(IVF) . The fertilization procedure is carried out completely in accordance with the generally accepted world standards, from hormonal stimulation to the transfer of embryos in the uterus. Great attention is paid to reproduction and diagnosis of male infertility as well.
COST OF TREATMENT AT MEDICANA NETWORK
Procedure | Cost |
Consultation with a specialist | from $100 |
Check-up (depends on chosen programm) | from $400 |
Mammography | from $180 |
Complex diagnostics for cervical cancer | from $2,000 |
Heart valve replacement | from $13,000 |
Breast tumor removal | from $6,000 |
Procedure | Cost |
Radiotherapy | from $3,000 (per course) |
Chemotherapy | from $900 (per course) |
Thyroid resection | from $4,500 |
Knee replacement | from $10,000 |
Kidney transplant | from $18,000 |
Bone marrow transplant | from $75,000 |
Average clinic rating
Doctors
Medicana hospitals are located in several districts of the city. One of the largest and most popular clinics is located in Beylikdüzü, located in the European part of Istanbul. The area is considered one of the most developed and lively. Almost 800,000 people live here.
Near the clinic there are a large number of shopping and entertainment centers (Beylicium AVM, Marmara Park), food and non-food stores, there are pharmacies, ATMs, branches of large banks. Tasty food can be in one of the many cafes, restaurants, kebab, which are presented here. A 10-minute walk from the hospital is a city park, one of the most beautiful streets of the Pashabahche district is located nearby.
You can get to the clinic using public transport, in front of the hospital there is a metrobus stop, which can be reached quickly and easily from both Atatürk International Airport to the clinic and to the central historical districts of Istanbul. The road from the airport to the clinic will take about 30-40 minutes.
