Establishment

1985

• PICU was established as the first ever PICU of Türkiye

• Prof. Namık Çevik cut the ribbon being the Director of the Children's Hospital

• Open System formatted ICU was leaded by the chief assistants

Renovation

1997

• Renovated as a 10 bed single room ICU

• Prof. Murat Tuncer executed the renovation as the Director of the Children's Hospital

MISSION

2001

• Mission pediatric intensive care ecole transference to Hacettepe University

• Benan Bayrakci was appointed at Johns Hopkins University for this purpose

• Prof. Gülsev Kale pursued the mission as the Chair of Pediatrics

Closed System ICU

2002

• Transformation to Closed System ICU format

• Benan Bayrakci restructured the management of the unit being the Head of PICU

• Habilitated unit with invasive monitorization, mechanic ventilation and blood purification applications

Home ventilation

2003

• Home ventilation service inited

• Benan Bayrakci start up the program being the pioneering service in Türkiye

CVVHDF

2004

• CVVHDF Program initiated

• Benan Bayrakci start up the program as the Head of PICU

PALS

2006

• PALS program started

• Assoc. Prof. Benan Bayrakci established the program as the Head of PICU

ECMO Center

2007

• Established as the first ever ECMO program of Türkiye

• Assoc. Prof. Benan Bayrakci founded the center being the Head of PICU

• Prof. Tezer Kutluk ensured the facility as the Director of the Children's Hospital

Departmentalization

2009

• Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine is accepted to be a Subspecialty Department in Türkiye

• Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine was structured by Associate Prof. Benan Bayrakci and nominated as Chair of Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine

• The very first pediatric intensivist graduated in Türkiye Selman Kesici appeared from this department

Renovation

2013

• PICU was transferred to its brand new unit in 5. floor-3. block in modern standards

• Assoc. Prof. Benan Bayrakci structured the unit being the Director of Children's Hospital

Life Support Center (LSC)

2015

• The Center for Life Support Practice & Research is established for critical care scientific studies

  • Founded by Prof. Benan Bayrakci

Currently

• The Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine Department runs 16 beds in the PICU and 8 beds in the pCICU involving research and educational activities besides patient care