13.09.2025 13:20
Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu announced good news regarding appointments at a press conference held in Samsun. Minister Memişoğlu stated that 17,000 non-physician healthcare personnel will be appointed in September and also announced that Samsun City Hospital will be opened in November.
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Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu visited Samsun Governor Orhan Tavlı in his office and signed the Governor's Honor Book. After the visit, Memişoğlu stated, "We are in Samsun as the 58th province within the scope of a 'Healthy Turkey Century'."
SAMSUN CITY HOSPITAL WILL OPEN IN NOVEMBER
Memişoğlu noted that the city hospital, which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan referred to as his "dream," is about to meet Samsun. "By the end of this year, at the latest in November, we will start providing services to our citizens in our city hospital with the highest level of physical structure. We thank everyone who contributed. I wish all the best to our people, especially our President, our deputies, our Governor, and our Mayor," he said. Speaking about health investments in Samsun, Memişoğlu mentioned that they are continuing the construction of hospitals with a capacity of 250 beds in Tekkeköy, 350 beds in Atakum, and 25 beds in Ayvacık, and that they are also planning a hospital in İlkadım district.
17 THOUSAND APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE IN SEPTEMBER
Addressing those waiting for appointments, Memişoğlu continued:
"We are carrying out a second appointment program in September. We were supposed to hire a total of 37 thousand non-physician health personnel by 2025. We hired 18 thousand in the middle of the year. We have planned for 17 thousand as well. We submitted this to the Presidency as of this month. The announcements for these will be made as soon as possible. With our new colleagues, we will provide much better health services with our 17 thousand health workers in 2026, inshallah.
At the same time, we are targeting not only the service aspect of health but also the production of health, not just preventive health. We have made our overseas trips regarding this. We will do more. We visited Mongolia and China. Inshallah, soon, at the beginning of next year, we will visit the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe regarding health production. Turkey is a country with such good health workers and such a good health infrastructure. It is also a country with the capacity, human power, and resilience to say new things in health. Therefore, as our President said, with our vision of health that protects, develops, and produces, we will, inshallah, experience much better healthy days."
Minister Memişoğlu added that he wants citizens to stay away from substances that threaten society, such as cigarettes and alcohol, and to protect themselves by exercising and eating well.
During the visit, the Chairman of the TBMM Planning and Budget Commission and AK Party Samsun Deputy Mehmet Muş, AK Party Samsun Deputies Çiğdem Karaaslan, Orhan Kırcalı, and Ersan Aksu, Samsun Metropolitan Mayor Halit Doğan, AK Party Provincial Chairman Mehmet Köse, and MHP Provincial Chairman Burhan Mucur were also present.
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