Istanbul’s Armenian community has started efforts to establish a community hospital fully equipped with the latest technology.

The Armenian community already has two hospitals in Istanbul. One is owned by the Armenian Apostolic Church, the other by the Armenian Catholic Church; both were established in Ottoman times.

The new hospital will be situated on a 0.45 hectare area directly across from the Surp Pırgiç Armenian Foundation Hospital in the Kazlıçeşme neighborhood of Zeytinburnu, Hürriyet Daily News reports.

The area allocated for the construction of the new hospital was confiscated by the General Directorate of Foundations, although it was previously owned by the Surp Pırgiç Foundation Hospital.

Surp Pırgic Foundation Chairman Bedros Şirinoğlu said that as the Law for Foundations had changed in recent years, the Armenian community had started to reclaim the once-confiscated property.

“We have started a series of efforts about the confiscated area. Finally, we submitted the project dossier,” he said.