Repair works at the fire-stricken Balikli Greek Hospital in Istanbul Begin

Repair works at the fire-stricken Balikli Greek Hospital in Istanbul are expected to be completed in three months.

The fire broke out on August 4, 2022, and destroyed the roof of the philanthropic institution’s historic building. The hospital’s 62 elderly residents and 42 patients had been evacuated and no injuries were reported.

Earlier this year, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presented a donation of more than $370,000 to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to restore the Balikli Hospital and Nursing Home, which was devastated by a fire in August 2022.