Today, Eka Sepashvili, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia and Levan Shonia, State Representative - Governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, surveyed the construction process of Rukhi polyclinic together with Ioseb Ozashvili, Director of "State Construction Company", Ltd.

Adhering to the decision of the Government of Georgia, in August, 2014, "State Construction Company" Ltd. under the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, started constructing a university polyclinic with a total capacity of 220 places in the village of Rukhi. The complex is comprised of 12 blocks, among which some are 5-storeyed and some are 2-storeyed. At the moment, construction of all 12 blocks continues actively and some of them are in completion phase; helicopter landing pad base has been created and construction of dormitory commenced.

Within the framework of the project, besides a stationary, on the territory of the clinic, there will be arranged auditoriums and a library, as well as sports and health infrastructure, parking lots, inner pathways, pools and parks for the students and post-graduates in the field of medicine. A dormitory will be built to accommodate prost-graduates and the family members of the patients undergoing treatment in the hospital.

The construction of the polyclinic is significant in a number of regards. After it becomes operational, the settlers of Rukhi and the surrounding villages of Akhalabastumani and Rike, a total of 14,000 inhabitants, won't have to travel to Zugdidi for medical services. The hospital will serve the patients from Abkhazia as well.