New Adjara healthcare programme to increase transplant funding, cover tumour treatment
Adjara Health Ministry budget increased by ₾4 million ($1,488,815) in 2023 and totals ₾33 235 000 ($12,370,193). Photo: Kiril Piro/flickr.
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Patients in western Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara will benefit from an increased funding for heart and bone marrow transplantation, with treatment of malignant tumour to be also “fully covered” within a new healthcare programme in the locality.
Tornike Rizhvadze, the Head of the Government of Adjara, revealed the news on Thursday, and said the list of cancer drugs within the new state programme would expand, with the annual limit on medications per patient also increasing.
He also said implementation of the previously existing programmes would continue in 2023, with disabled parents receiving a one-time material assistance from the local Government while pregnant women receive ₾2,000 ($744) in state support.
In his highlights of social programmes, Rizhvadze also revealed construction for new social housing was being launched “in all municipalities” of Adjara.
A 1 million GEL (about €288,329/$320,320) programme will be launched in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara to provide assistance to infertile individuals living in the region, Tornike Rizhvadze, the Head of the local Government, announced on Tuesday.
Import of medications from the Turkish market has “significantly” decreased the prices of “dozens” of medical products in Georgia, Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili said on Saturday.
The costs of medical drugs are expected to decrease by 40 percent next year following the anticipated introduction of reference prices, the Georgian government administration announced on Wednesday.
The Georgian government released its National Maternal and Newborn Health Strategy for 2017-2030. This strategy aims to eliminate preventable deaths of mothers and newborns as well as stillbirths by 2030.
Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili on Friday said the existence of alternative institutions providing essential services for children with oncological diseases was “of vital importance”, adding that working in this direction has already started.
Tbilisi’s hilltop TV tower, like the landmarks of different cities across the world, was illuminated in blue and orange colours on Saturday for World Cancer Day.
Permits for inpatient services will no longer be issued to facilities located in residential buildings across Georgia, the Government Administration announced on Monday.