Editing Urfa (section)

=== Old state hospital ===
The old state hospital in Urfa was established by Ethem Bey in 1903 and became a public hospital in 1943.<ref name="Mehmet Akif İnan Hastanesi"/> This hospital eventually came to comprise four different buildings, serving as the A, B, C, and D blocks.<ref name="Mehmet Akif İnan Hastanesi"/> The A-block building, which was three stories tall, opened in 1962 and was originally dedicated to treatment of [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="Mehmet Akif İnan Hastanesi"/> The B-block building opened in 1972 and had 200 beds.<ref name="Mehmet Akif İnan Hastanesi"/> The D block was for emergency care.<ref name="Mehmet Akif İnan Hastanesi"/> Demolition of the old state hospital, which was located in Atatürk ''mahalle'' of Haliliye district, was completed in 2022.<ref name="Ajans Urfa 2022">{{cite news |title=Urfa'da tamamen yıkılan eski devlet hastanesi yerine ne yapılacak? |url=https://www.ajansurfa.com/haber/11293567/urfada-tamamen-yikilan-eski-devlet-hastanesi-yerine-ne-yapilacak |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=Ajans Urfa |date=29 June 2022}}</ref> At the time of the demolition, the provincial health directorate was planning to build a new 150-bed children's hospital on the site.<ref name="Ajans Urfa 2022"/>