Opportunity
The Turkish government’s €12bn Health Transformation Programme aims to improve public health. A key feature is improvements to hospitals and healthcare infrastructure. More than 20 integrated health campuses (IHC), where all healthcare needs are on one site, are being delivered through public-private partnerships (PPPs).
Solution
Our infrastructure finance, investment transaction and health specialists from the UK collaborated closely with our team on the ground in Istanbul and really went the extra mile to meet every client’s expectations for face-to-face support. We worked with the Ministry, sponsors and their advisors to develop a commercial solution where the risk profile would be acceptable to the lending community. We advised sponsors on their environmental and social due diligence, which was essential to meet the standards, public disclosure and consultation requirements of lenders such as the International Finance Corporation, the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Outcome
We have been instrumental in assisting sponsors and the Ministry of Health to move forward towards a commercial solution that will meet the expectations of international and Turkish lenders alike. To date, six of our 12 projects have successfully reached financial close. In 2015, building began on the Bilkent Integrated Healthcare Campus, the world’s largest greenfield healthcare scheme covering over 1.2M sq m, providing 3804 beds and parking for 7209 vehicles.
It will include over 100 operating theatres and is expected to treat around 35,000 patients per day and employ approximately 8000 staff. Early in 2016, the Etlik Integrated Healthcare Campus, also one of the world’s largest hospitals with 3577 beds across more than 1M sq m, received the green light for construction to start.