was founded in 1939 under the name "Alexandroupolis State Hospital". The hospital was divided into two services, Medicine and Administration. The staff of the hospital at that time was 26 people, ie 13 administrative staff, 5 scientific and 8 nursing staff. In 1987 it was co-located with the Department of Medicine of the Democritus University of Thrace. In 2002, the merger of the University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis and the General Hospital of Alexandroupolis was completed in one unit under the name "University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis". The following subsidiary organizations and services are under its jurisdiction: Medical Center of Soufli, Medical Center of Samothrace (including the Regional Clinics), Technological Education of First Cycle of Nursing (Nursing School). It operates in a building complex with a total area of 93,544 sq.m., within a plot of 200,000 sq.m., the largest hospital ever built in Greece, and covers the needs of the wider region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. The total capacity of the hospital is 673 beds. Alexandroupolis Military Hospital (216 KICHNE) In 1953, the operation of the 216th Mobile Campaign Surgical Hospital (KICHNE) began under the administration of Dr. Kampakis Vassilios at the Alexander the Great Camp. The mission of the hospital was to provide treatment to officers and hoplites of local units. In 1960 it stopped receiving patients, and became a recruited unit. In April 1962 it was transferred to the current Patsouka Camp, while it was receiving and treating pathology and surgical patients. Since 1974 the hospital has been treating and examining patients of the 12th Mechanized Infantry Division "Evros". In 1996 it was renamed to the 492 General Military Hospital and has operated under this name until 2011. Since 2011 it has operated as 216 KICHNE. Media Television There are 3 regional television stations operating in Alexandroupolis: Delta TV, Thraki NET (Thrace Television Network), ALFA TV. Press Daily active newspapers Eleftheri Thraki (Free Thrace) I Gnomi tis Thrakis (The opinion of Thrace) Weekly active newspapers Mahitis tou Evrou (Fighter of Evros) Politis tis Thrakis (Citizen of Thrace) Thraki Press (Thrace Press) Radio The main Radio Stations broadcasting from Alexandroupolis are: NRG Polis Status Radio Thraki Fm Heat Radio Delta Fm Kanali 5 (Channel 5) Radio Dee Jay Maximum Yparho Radio Elpida Radio Alfa Sites Local information in electronic form is done through the pages "e-evros", "Alexpolisonline", "evros24" and "evrosnews". Culture Wine Festival Until the 1980s in the