Treatment, medicines to be financed for all oncology patients in Georgia

Hormone therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and medicines will be financed for all oncology patients throughout Georgia, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.

The body added treatment of oncological diseases would be “equally accessible to each patient”, regardless of their income, within the Universal Healthcare Programme. 

Among them are patients whose annual income is more than ₾40,000 ($15,356). Before the amendments, these services were not financed for them. The news will also affect insured veterans”, the Ministry said.

The Government of Georgia has already approved the amendments, the Ministry said.