The Health Centers, located on the Main and East Campuses, provide health services to students and faculty members. The services are provided free of charge to all Bilkent graduate and undergraduate students.

The Health Centers offer the services of a public health specialist, five general practitioners, two gynecologists, two opthalmologist, a pediatrician, two psychiatrists, two dermatologists, an orthopedist, a dentist, an ENT specialist, and five nurses and one paramedic. The Centers have two in-house laboratories for immediate medical analyses such as blood count, urine analysis, blood chemistry and a unit for X-Ray and ultrasonographic examinations. Medicines are available on prescription at the Main Campus pharmacy and the pharmacies at Bilkent 1, 2 and 3 (the neighboring residential area). A physician and a nurse are both on duty at the Health Centers on the Main and East Campuses 24 hours a day, including weekends. In case of emergencies, there is an ambulance on duty 24 hours a day to take patients, accompanied by Health Centers doctors, to hospitals in Ankara.

Services Provided

• General check-up for students
• Prevention against contagious diseases
• Medical examinations and first aid treatment
• Referral of patients to a specialist or hospital, if necessary
• Supervision of patients' recovery in certain cases and provision of relevant medical services
• Conducting research into the environmental health conditions on campus and reporting the results to the university administration
• Health education programs to students and staff on general medical and health issues and first aid (providing certificates for the first aid education by the goverment health authorities).

Applying to the Health Center

The Health Center is the first place that students contact in the event of illness or injury. Initial treatment or first aid would be carried out at the Health Center and, if necessary, the patient may be referred to a specialist or hospital which has an agreement with the University.

The Health Mutual Aid Fund

Every student registering at Bilkent becomes a member of the Health Mutual Aid Fund which provides financial support to the Health Center. The Fund pays for routine medical services for students, such as check-up, consultations, medical tests, medicine, emergency hospital costs, etc. However, costs incurred by long-term illness such as tuberculosis, chronic kidney diseases, autoimmune diseases, chronic congestive heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, chronic neurologic diseases, glaucoma, cataract, chronic diseases of the thyroid, chronic diseases of the parathyroid, chronic intestinal diseases, or chronic liver disease are not covered by the Fund.

In the event of relapse of previously diagnosed diseases, the Fund will provide for a maximum of 10 days of therapy.

Hospitals and Specialists Outside the Health Center

The Fund has reciprocal agreements with a number of private physicians in various specialized fields and with State and University hospitals in Ankara. The names and addresses of these doctors and hospitals are listed in a booklet available at the Health Center.

A student who wants an examination by a specialist who has an agreement with the Bilkent Health Center, should see the doctors in the Health Center first. If the doctor in the Health Center decides for a specialist's examination, the doctor will give a refferral letter to the student which is to be taken to the specialist or hospital along with the student's ID and health membership card.

The medical documents (medical report, prescription) given to the student after medical treatment must be submitted to the Health Center for approval within three days. Approved medical documents are given to the Fund's accounting office for payment.

All medical reports given from hospitals or doctors must be approved by the doctors at the Health Center in order to be eligible for coverage. If a student is treated in a hospital or by a doctor not affiliated with Bilkent University, the charges must be paid by the student.

Costs Not Covered

The following expenses are not paid by the Fund:

• Treatment of diseases listed in the paragraph on the Health Mutual Aid Fund
• Tests or treatment outside Ankara or in foreign countries
• Tests or treatments conducted by hospitals, institutions or doctors having no agreement with the Center
• Dental check-up, tests, and treatments outside the Health Center
• Glasses and frames, hearing aid, dentures
• Any medical expenses for a member's relatives
• Hospitalization stage.