2018-03-14
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has urged Minister of Health Davit Sergeenko to establish special control in healthcare institutions where helpless people are treated.
During today's Government meeting, the Head of Government commented on the situation in the Surami Psychiatric Hospital, emphasizing that recently disseminated information testifies to the facility's lamentable conditions.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili thanked the Public Defender for paying due attention to this issue.
"I was alarmed by the information raised by the Public Defender. I would like to urge Mr. Davit Sergeenko to take maximal interest in the situation in relevant institutions. We take pride in this direction, and our reforms, the universal healthcare reform, must be cared for by all means, and extra special attention is warranted in the institutions treating helpless citizens," the Prime Minister said.
The Head of Government welcomed the Health Ministry's response by delegating a special representative to provide temporary management.
"I also would like to urge you to establish special control over the facilities of this type, given that they are treating helpless citizens. They cannot talk openly about their condition and deliver their grievances to us, so it is important for the state to pay special attention to them. Importantly, we are planning to build two such institutions, one in the Region of Samegrelo and the other in the Region of Kakheti, which, I believe, will make a tremendous difference in this direction. Indeed, the Public Defender deserves gratitude for taking great interest in this issue, which has proved genuinely alarming," the Prime Minister emphasized.
Prime Minister's Press Office