Georgia to receive first order of Continuous Glucose Monitoring system by the end of May
Georgia will receive its first order of the Continuous Glucose Monitoring system. Photo: Diabetes.co.uk.
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Georgia will receive its first order of the Continuous Glucose Monitoring system, enabling children patients with diabetes in the country to benefit from “one of the most accurate, high-quality and officially authorised” devices for a “painless management” of the disease, Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili said on Wednesday.
Speaking to MPs in the Minister’s Hour format of the Georgian Parliament earlier today, Azarashvili said the system would be available starting late this month.
He also told MPs the budget for the 2022 State Diabetes Management Program had been increased by ₾5 million ($1.65m/€1.57m), which had enabled the Ministry to fund continuous blood glucose monitoring systems for people under 18 diagnosed with diabetes.
Azarashvili also said diabetes management services would also be made available in the Imereti, Adjara and Shida Kartli regions of Georgia.
Currently the service is available only in three medical institutions in the capital city of Tbilisi.
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Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili and his Turkish counterpart Fahrettin Koca have agreed on an “even closer” cooperation between the countries in the field of medical services and pharmaceuticals, the Georgian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Over 100,000 Georgian citizens have purchased drugs imported from Turkey over the two months since the launch of the Government initiative to lower medication costs on the local market by importing products from Turkey, Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili visited a Tbilisi pharmacy on Thursday to inspect the effects of the recent Government initiatives on reducing prices on the Georgian market by importing drugs from Turkey and launching a new prescription system.