The concept of pandemic is defined by the World Health Organization as the name given to infectious diseases that spread over a wide area in more than one country or continent in the world and threaten human health. The COVID-19 pandemic, which is not among the classical disaster definitions, is evaluated within the framework of new generation disasters due to its scale of spread and its associated practices that the society is not accustomed to. In order to enhance the resilience of hospitals especially against new generation disasters while they play a key role during the pandemic, requires a coordinated governance process in which many stakeholders participate. In this context, accepting the pandemic as a preliminary change in the context of risk management approach and based upon integrated disaster management, how to enhance disaster resilience capacity of university hospitals against new generation disasters has been examined. By applying qualitative research processes, focus group interviews were conducted with 7 specialist doctors working in different branches of the selected university hospital case, and the findings were discussed in the conclusion part.

Keywords: Disaster Resilience, Disaster Management, COVID-19, New Generation Disasters.