Subject: LGBT
From: Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>
To: Ketevan Goginashvili <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 08:15:25 +0000

Equal access to health (including through training and sensitization of health care personnel), regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression

Access to medical services for all Georgian population is ensured through State Health Programs. “Universal Health Coverage Program” covers basic services, including: Planned and emergency out-patient services; Planned surgery and emergency in-patient services; Cancer diagnostics and treatment: chemotherapy, hormone and radiation therapy and related medical examinations and medicines; Childbirth and caesarean section; In patient medical services during high-risk pregnancies, labor and postpartum period; Infectious diseases management.

In addition to Universal Health Coverage, various targeted (public health and disease oriented) programs are applicable. Targeted programs cover medical services in a wide range of important areas such as Immunization, Tuberculosis, HIV / AIDS, Drug Abuse, Maternal and Child Health, Hepatitis C, Mental Health, Diabetes, Onco-hematology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, Palliative Care of Incurable Patients, Treatment of Patients with Rare Diseases, Urgent Emergency Assistance, Rural Doctor Program, Provision with Medications for Chronic Diseases, etc.

According to the Article 6 of the Law on “Health Care”: “It shall be prohibited to discriminate against a patient due to his/her race, skin colour, language, sex, religion, political and other beliefs, national, ethnic and social affiliation, origin, property status and title, place of residence, disease, sexual orientation, or a personal negative attitude”.