Georgian health minister announces salary supplements for paramedics, ambulance personnel
The Georgian government increased the salaries of healthcare workers who are involved in the fight against Covid-19 by 50 per cent in October last year. Photo: Georgian Ministry of Health.
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Paramedics and ambulance personnel in Georgia will receive 500 GEL (about $160/€136) salary supplements, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has announced today.
Minister Tikaradze underlined that ambulance doctors from all Georgian regions will receive the salary supplements, noting that they have been working in very difficult conditions.
She also said that various opposition political parties try ‘to set the Georgian government and doctors against each other,’ noting that there is no time for ‘such controversies.’
We have been giving supplements to doctors for almost a year...The remuneration of all medical staff is quite high,” said Tikaradze.
Minister Tikaradze visited a recently erected field hospital for 500 Covid-19 patients in the Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi earlier today.
Tikaradze stated that the field hospital was ‘set up in accordance with international standards’ with intensive and resuscitation care beds. Photo: Ministry of Health of Georgia.
The Georgian government increased the salaries of healthcare workers who are involved in the fight against Covid-19 by 50 per cent in October last year.
A large new Covid-19 vaccination centre will open today at Georgian National University (SEU), where the public will be able to receive Pfizer, Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines against Covid-19 without any prior registration, announces the Ministry of Health of Georgia.
Georgia has reported 5,914 new cases of coronavirus, 3,316 recoveries and 49 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgian public service halls and community centres in various regions of Georgia have started issuing Covid cards for Georgian citizens, the Georgian government administration announces. The application submission for the card is free of charge and only identification (ID) cards are required.
Mandatory testing for Covid-19 will not be free of charge for unvaccinated Georgian citizens starting September 15, Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze announced earlier today.
A field hospital for 500 patients will open in the Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi, where the majority of beds will be equipped with oxygen concentrators, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze stated earlier today.
Georgia has reported 4,921 new cases of coronavirus, 4,471 recoveries and 58 deaths in the past 24 hours. 57,704 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia currently.49,468 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 29,152 of the 49,468 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 20,316 were PCR tests. The country has had 501,297 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.