Medicines for epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease to be added to the Free Medicine State Program
The socially vulnerable population and people with disabilities in Georgia are able to buy certain medicines for one lari. Photo: N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The socially vulnerable population of Georgia and people with disabilities will soon be able to buy more medicines at a symbolic or halved price starting next year, with medicines for epilepsy and Parkinson’s being added to the list.
The medicines on the list are for chronic and cardiovascular diseases.
I am happy to say that medicines for epilepsy and Parkinson’s will be added to the list. We expect that the list will include 60 medicines at least,” Health Minister David Sergeenko stated.
Epilepsy, also known as seizure disorder, affects people of all ages and is in the top five of most common neurological disorders spread worldwide.
Parkinson’s is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system.
Georgian Health Minister David Sergeenko has stated that a certain category of Georgian citizens will receive ambulatory medicines free of charge or at a highly discounted price.
The cost of medicines in Georgia will soon be 30 percent cheaper. The Government is about to implement "one of the biggest projects” in the healthcare sector to develop the country’s hospitals and pharmaceutical industry.
A recently imposed restriction on medicines in Georgia will be lifted for more than 750 medicines.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced that pensioners and people with disabilities will enjoy 50 to 80 per cent discounts for chronic disease medications.
Pensioners, persons with disabilities and other groups in Georgia will be able to buy 35 medications for 1 GEL to treat six kinds of chronic diseases, announced Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze today.
Starting today, pensioners, persons with disabilities and other groups in Georgia will be able to buy 35 medications for 1 GEL at 118 pharmacies across the country to treat six kinds of chronic diseases.
Leaders and members of the non-parliamentary Free Georgia opposition party may face criminal charges as the State Audit Office is looking into the party’s cheap medicine campaign which offers medicines bought by the party in Turkey to Georgian citizens at a lower price than they cost at Georgian pharmacies.