Japan Int’l Cooperation Agency provides medical equipment to Tbilisi Republican Hospital
Zurab Azarashvili, the Georgian Health Minister, thanked the Government of Japan for the provision of the hardware, which he said would help the hospital to “significantly expand” its services and offer “even higher quality” medical services to its patients. Photo: moh.gov.ge.
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The Japan International Cooperation Agency has provided modern medical equipment worth $1.8 million to the Tbilisi Republican Hospital, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday.
Photo: The Ministry of Health of Georgia.
Zurab Azarashvili, the Georgian Health Minister, thanked the Government of Japan for the provision of the hardware, which he said would help the hospital to “significantly expand” its services and offer “even higher quality” medical services to its patients.
The JICA and the Ministry of Health of Georgia signed a cooperation agreement in 2021.
Georgia’s Ministry of Health has given 30 artificial respirators to the Central Republican Hospital in Tbilisi, where patients with the new coronavirus - COVID-19 symptoms are under the observation of doctors.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has opened a regional office in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi. Georgian and JICA officials attended a special ceremony today to mark the official opening of the new office.
The agency capital is 7 trillion 925.3 billion yen, based on official data of 2015, which is more than 72 billion USD. The agency’s foreign aid exceeds 10 billion USD annually.
In a bid to attract 3.5 billion GEL in investments for infrastructure projects over the next four years, Georgia plans to seek aid from Japanese financial institutions.