Tbilisi City Hall to fund liver transplantation with GEL 70 000 GEL

Tbilisi City Hall will finance liver transplantation with GEL 70 000 GEL,- Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said at the meeting of the city government on Wednesday. Tbilisi City Hall used to fund this surgical procedure with GEL 60 000. According to Kakha Kaladze, Tbilisi City Hall funded 10 liver transplantations last year. He said those citizens, who have been registered in Tbilisi during the last year, can enjoy the program.

“City Hall is financing liver transplantation with GEL 60 000. This is a rather expensive operation and costs GEL 120 000 and we spend half - GEL 60 000, but today we are introducing the change to increase the funding up to GEL 70 000. Last year, we financed 10 operations. This program is available for the citizens of Georgia who are registered in Tbilisi municipality continuously during the past year,” Kakha Kaladze said.