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Florence Healthcare International
Group Florence Nightingale at a glance

Facts & Figures

Established in 1989, with more than 35 years of medical expertise and experience, the group’s Center for International Patients (CIP) serves patients from around the world. It includes four general hospitals — each housing Centers of Excellence in specialized medical fields — along with two medical centers, a teaching hospital (Demiroğlu Bilim University, Istanbul), a clinical research center and a GMP facility, and is active in all major areas of medical specialization.

Its treatment and diagnostic units use advanced technology, making the group one of the largest and most established hospital networks in the region. It is licensed to operate across five organ-transplant areas, and fosters cooperation and partnerships with leading U.S. and international hospitals.

In figures

300,000+
Patients treated a year
804
Patient beds
40
Operating rooms
141
Intensive-care beds
50
Emergency beds

Procedures performed to date include:

  • 41,000 heart surgeries
  • 105,000 angiographies & angioplasties
  • 20,000 orthopedic surgeries
  • More than 1,100 bone marrow transplants
  • Nearly 1,500 liver transplants
  • More than 1,000 kidney transplants
  • More than 1,500 robotic surgeries
  • Over 5,000 pediatric heart surgeries
A record of firsts

Firsts in the clinic

A history of pioneering medicine in Türkiye — from the country’s first stent operation in 1991 to Centers of Excellence certification in recent years.

  1. 2019

    Center of Excellence certification of the Breast Center

  2. 2016

    Center of Excellence certification of Interventional Radiology

  3. 2015

    QHA certification of Istanbul Florence Nightingale for high healthcare-quality standards

  4. 2015

    First PET-MRI technology in a private hospital in Türkiye

  5. 2015

    First open spine surgery on the fetus in Türkiye

  6. 2013

    Establishment of Demiroğlu Bilim University

  7. 2011

    First total artificial heart in Türkiye

  8. 2010

    First heart transplantation in Türkiye as a private hospital

  9. 2010

    Personalized cancer treatments

  10. 2007

    First Comprehensive Cancer Center in Türkiye

  11. 2005

    First Stroke Center in Türkiye as a private hospital

  12. 2004

    Joint Commission International accreditation certification

  13. 2004

    First robotic heart surgery in Türkiye

  14. 2003

    First successful liver transplant as a private hospital in Türkiye

  15. 2002

    Establishment of the Spine and Scoliosis Center

  16. 2001

    ISO 9001 Quality Assurance System certification

  17. 1997

    First IMRT radiotherapy at a private hospital

  18. 1991

    First stent operation in Türkiye

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