Gov't urges doctors to work in Georgia’s mountainous regions
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Doctors who will work in Georgia’s mountainous regions for at least three years will get their residency programs funded by the Government.
Georgia’s Ministry of Health announced this new project after it identified the problem that there were a lack of qualified medical personnel at mountainous regions’ medical centres.
Those who will serve as doctors in the country’s mountainous areas will have an opportunity to get their residency programs financed in eight fields: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, anesthesiology, reanimatology, obstetrics and gynecology and neonatology.
The Ministry hoped the new initiative would soon see people living in Georgia’s rural areas enjoy high quality medical care.
Experts from international consultancy business Global Alliance for Health and Social Compacts (GAHSC) are visiting Georgia to help the Government improve the efficiency of the country’s healthcare system.
Parliament of Georgia has adopted a new law to encourage people to live and work in the country’s mountainous regions.
People living in Georgia’s mountain areas will enjoy the first part of a benefits scheme on January 1, 2016 when the new mountain law comes into force.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has met locals from one of the country’s most remote regions – Racha – and introduced them to a new law that will foster development in the mountain areas.
Dozens of businesses in Georgia’s mountain regions are benefactors of state support that reduces their tax obligations and supports the development of local businesses.
Georgia’s Government is offering a helping hand to its citizens living in the country’s mountainous regions by offering funding to people who launch a small business.
Social assistance rules eased for rural population
Tough rules currently in place that make it difficult for people living in Georgia’s high mountain regions to receive social assistance, are being simplified so people in these areas can enjoy better living conditions.