Health Minister Memişoğlu: TÜSEB to issue call for robotic surgery device by early 2027

Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu said the Health Ministry, through TÜSEB, will issue a call for a robotic surgery device no later than early 2027. According to a ministry statement, the device will be developed with domestic capabilities, and the country will invite the world to produce it together.

Memişoğlu made the remarks at a "Youth Meeting" held within the 12th Turkish Medical World Congress, where he answered young people's questions alongside Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar and Selçuk Bayraktar, chairman of the Baykar board. He said the robotic surgery device would be produced in Türkiye, including its software and all of its technology.

Memişoğlu noted that Türkiye has collected health data electronically through e-Nabız since 2015 and aims to be among the world's top countries in using artificial intelligence in healthcare. He also introduced the Üreten Sağlık Portal, which turns ideas into products, saying patents would be given directly to the people who propose them. He added that the Genç TÜSEB structure, set up to support young researchers, has attracted many young people.