SAKIP SABANCI HAD A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

11-07-2003

Mr. Sakıp Sabancı, Chairman of Sabancı Holding, had a successful kidney operation at the New York Presbyterian Hospital on July 10,2003.

Mr. Sabancı has been under the control of the team of the doctors; Dr. Vanughan E.Darracatt, Dr. Bruce E. Lerman, Dr. Özgen Doğan, Dr. Mehmet Öz, Dr. Hasan İnsel and Dr. Sertan Erkan in New York.

Team of the doctors headed by Dr. Vanughan E.Darracatt, head of Urology Department in Presbyterian Hospital, performed the surgery succesfully in 4 hours.

Dr. Bruce E. Lerman, head of Cardiology Department in Presbyterian Hospital, after the surgery commented “the operation has been very successful and we are glad that Mr. Sabancı is in good and stable condition and he will recover fast with our excellent post surgery care”.