Health Minister Opens Akçakoca Hospital and Launches Home Health Coordination Center

Health Minister Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu opened the newly completed 50-bed Akçakoca State Hospital in Düzce on November 2, 2026. The hospital covers a total indoor area of 21,881 square meters and includes 28 polyclinics, 15 intensive care beds, three operating rooms, and a dental polyclinic.

During the opening ceremony, Memişoğlu announced the launch of the Home Health Services Coordination Center project. He stated that home health and remote health services are being integrated to create a new model, allowing citizens to access services more easily and continue treatment at home after discharge.

“Home health and remote health services are being integrated to create a new model.”

The minister highlighted health investments made under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's leadership over the last 25 years. He said Düzce received ten new hospitals since 2002 and that construction of family health centers in Düzce center and Cumayeri district is ongoing.

Memişoğlu also mentioned that project work for a 400-bed additional building to increase the capacity of Düzce Atatürk State Hospital is nearing completion. He added that the province recently received a PET device and will acquire more new devices to strengthen cancer diagnosis and treatment processes in the city.

Separately, the minister attended the opening of Alaplı State Hospital and the Karadeniz Ereğli Oral and Dental Health Center in Zonguldak later the same day. He stated that one in three people in Turkey uses tobacco and described the fight against smoking as a common social responsibility.

In Zonguldak, Memişoğlu said 15 new hospitals and 17 new health centers have been built since 2002, raising total bed capacity to 2,335. He also announced that more than 680 doctors and 163 new health personnel were assigned to the province in the last two years, and that 15 additional health facilities will be brought to Zonguldak.