Health Ministry to finance study, accommodation of “successful” medical students abroad
Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili on Monday said 100 to 150 “successful” students from domestic medical institutions would have costs of their study and accommodation abroad funded by the Ministry. Photo: Ministry of Health
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Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili on Monday said 100 to 150 “successful” students from domestic medical institutions would have costs of their study and accommodation abroad funded by the Ministry.
The students will be supported with the funds for two to three years and given the opportunity to be employed by state medical clinics after returning to Georgia.
This programme aims to raise the level of qualifications in state clinics and involves the idea of selecting medical schools of Georgia with the highest level of education, and then selecting successful students”, Azarashvili said.
The Minister said the programme would contribute to creating a “very considerable medical asset” in the country.
The budget of the programme for the first stage will reach ₾10 million ($3.77mln).
A “modern, international-standard” state clinic will be built on the base of the Tbilisi-based Central University Clinic, also known as the Republican Hospital, the Government Administration announced on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said 5,000 top students across the country would receive a doubled $114 scholarship from the state, in a boost of both the amount and qualified recipients.
The Georgian Government will finance treatment for 300 children cancer patients in the country in the “best clinics” around the world in a ₾30 million ($12mln) annual programme, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced on Monday.
Oncology patients in Georgia will be able to complete full courses of drug treatment with state funding. There are more than 38,000 oncology patients in Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Parliamentary Majority Leader Mamuka Mdinaradze, on Friday met medical staff of Tbilisi-based Central University Clinic, also known as the Republican Hospital, to discuss the planned demolition of the facility and its replacement with a new clinic.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Saturday announced that the planned demolition of the Tbilisi-based Central University Clinic, also known as the Republican Hospital, would be postponed until the construction of a new facility on the rear part of the Clinic’s territory.