Minister Memişoğlu announces Rize City Hospital will be completed by end of 2026

Minister Memişoğlu says Rize City Hospital will be completed by the end of 2026

Minister Memişoğlu announced at a mass opening ceremony in Rize that the city hospital under construction in the city will be completed by the end of 2026 and opened for service in 2027. He said 3 million healthcare services are provided every day through 521 hospitals with a capacity of more than 271,000 beds.

Scraper SystemSeptember 11, 2026, 05:49 PM

Minister Memişoğlu says Rize City Hospital will be completed by the end of 2026

Speaking at the mass opening ceremony for completed investments in Rize, Minister Memişoğlu said new projects in the city had been put into service. Memişoğlu said Rize was as vibrant as the Black Sea and expressed his happiness at being together with fellow residents.

Memişoğlu said numerous projects, from public housing and national gardens to schools and student dormitories, would contribute to Rize's development, adding that a major transformation had been achieved over the past quarter-century.

Rize City Hospital targeted for completion by the end of 2026

Memişoğlu announced that Rize City Hospital would be completed by the end of 2026 and opened for service in 2027.

Addressing investments in healthcare, Memişoğlu said Türkiye had 521 hospitals and a bed capacity exceeding 271,000, while 3 million healthcare services were provided to citizens every day. Memişoğlu said domestic healthcare technologies, medicines, vaccines and medical devices were being developed, describing this approach as a “healthcare model that produces.”

Facility complex worth approximately 10 billion lira opened in Rize

Rize Governor İhsan Selim Baydaş said a facility complex worth approximately 10 billion lira had been opened with the participation of President Erdoğan. Baydaş said investments including a national garden, hospital, student dormitory and sports facility had been put into service in the city.

Baydaş also announced that the start of Kaçkar by UTMB, regarded as one of the world's prestigious sporting events, had taken place in Rize.

Mayor Metin: New service areas will be created

Rize Mayor Rahmi Metin said numerous projects had been delivered to the city over the past 25 years. Metin said Rize would continue to receive new services in the coming period through improvements to its infrastructure and superstructure.

Metin wished the investments in the city, particularly the hospital and logistics port, success for Rize.

Minister Memişoğlu says Rize City Hospital will be completed by the end of 2026