PM : Necessary laboratory tests to join the hepatitis C elimination program will be available for free

The necessary laboratory tests to join the hepatitis C elimination program have become free in Georgia. Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze said at a newsconference prior to the Cabinet meeting on Friday.

The Prime Minister said that citizens needed GEL 140-360 each for the mentioned tests, but they will soon be exempted from this cost.

“You know that Georgia is a very successful country and we have the chance to become the first country in the world to eliminate hepatitis C. This program and its experience is being studied by the whole world and naturally, we periodically make some changes to it. One change is that citizens had to pay GEL 140 - 360 for researches needed to get involved into treatment. We decided this service to be available for free, ”PM Bakhtadze said.