Sancaktepe Prof. Dr. Feriha Öz Emergency Hospital
[1][2] The construction of two large-size emergency hospitals in Istanbul Province was planned soon after the first COVID-19 pandemic case in Turkey was confirmed.[3] The groundbreaking of Sancaktepe Emergency Hospital took place on 9 April 2020.After 50 days from the groundbreaking, the construction and the outfitting works were completed, and the hospital was inaugurated on 29 May 2020.[4] The hospital was named after Feriha Öz (1933–2020), a former professor of Pathology at the Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, who died from COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The hospital is situated on the ground of Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base in Sarıgazi neighborhood of Sancaktepe district on the Asian part of Istanbul Province.