Medicines for 6 chronic diseases will be sold for 1 GEL in Georgia

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. 

The Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze presented the programme today.

These chronic diseases include cardiovascular, thyroid gland, lung, diabetes, epilepsy and parkinson's diseases.

Bakhtadze said that since the ‘programme for providing medicine for chronic diseases’ was launched in Georgia, over 60,000 citizens have benefited from it. 

Earlier only socially vulnerable persons were involved in the programme while starting from today pensioners and people with disabilities have also been included in the programme. 

I promise that the programme will be continued and the list will be expanded… and the cost of medicines will be minimal for our pensioners and other citizens”, said Bakhtadze. 

Bakhtadze said that he considers this programme a tool to fight against poverty because a large share of Georgian citizens’ income is spent on medicines.