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Starting a modern multiprofile medical centre in Kutaisi was a rather bold initiative of the president of
Georgia Mr. Mikhail Saakashvili. The project was carried out under the direct supervision of the Minister
of Health and Social Affairs- Lado Chipashvili. Today Z. Tskhakaia West Georgian National Centre of
Interventional Medicine is one of the leading medical facilities in Europe. The most up-to-date medical equipment
was installed here earlier then in other neighbouring countries. (2005-2008) Namely, Magnetic Resonance Tomography
"Signa EXCITE HD 1,5 T" with full options (by "General Electrics") , 64 Slice CT "Somatom Sensation Cardiac
" (by "Siemens"), Angiography "INNOVA" - (by "General Electrics"), Special equipment for narcosis and resuscitation
by “Draeger” and modern monitoring systems with no analogies in the post-Soviet space. The medical centre cooperates
with Emory (USA), Humboldt (Germany), Plzen (Czech Republic), Graz (Austria) university hospitals, where about
50 Georgian doctors and medical engineers have been trained. In 2006-2008 3 international conferences were held,
around 700 American and European leading specialists paid a visit.
The hospital started its activity in January 16, 2006.
As soon as it was opened a huge charitable action was held: around 3000
patients were examined free of charge. The aim of this humanitarian activity
was to study the demand of the population for medical service and to create
the corresponding model of management. Up to 4000 widely-raging surgeries
are performed here yearly, and the number of out-patients amounts to 38000.
National Medical Centre for the first time in Georgia has managed to develop
medical tourism. As a result of cooperation with the foreign insurance companies,
patients from Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Germany, Scotland, Estonia, Ukraine
have got treatment here; including many celebrities and well-known people.
Unique hi-tech procedures and operations are performed in the medical centre: heart
investigations with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 64-slice CT, virtual reconstructions
of lungs, bile duct and intestines (MRI-Real time, Live), investigation of brain diffusion
and perfusion, endoprosthesis - knee joint replacement with computer navigation, applying
transjugular portocaval anastomoses in case of liver cirrhosis, inserting stents in oesophagus,
prosthesis of aortal arch and all magistral blood vessels, stenting of all mesenterial arteries
in case of thrombosis. For the first time in Transcaucasian region the department of transluminar
surgery was established. Transvaginal ovary- and cholecystectomy were performed in Kutaisi,
the latter one is the fourth surgery of this type in the world: by means of vaginal surgery,
ectomy of a gall bladder and an ovary was performed. (July,2007)
The department of hemodialysis and extracorporal detoxication was opened, a blood bank and a
laboratory (Abbot, Rosche, Orthodiagnostic) were equipped, investigations of stem cells
are performed here, catastrophe medicine unit was established, which provides service
to the whole West Georgia and, practically, there are no patients who might be untransportable
for this unit. The population felt the effectiveness of this step
immediately
The branches which had not existed in West Georgia
before developed very quickly in Kutaisi. Cardiac Surgical Unit was created in a very
short period of about 6 months. More then 300 open-heart surgeries were performed, and up to
800 people were rescued by interventional cardiac surgeons- those lives were saved by inserting
stents in coronary blood vessels.
Our medical staff took part in restoring the
territorial unity of Georgia. Medical service was created in Samachablo and Abkhazia. 7 major
surgeries were performed in Sokhumi in 2007-2008. Up to 5000 people were examined in South Osetia
(Avneti, Vanati and Ergneti also in Akhalgori) region, around 200 patients underwent surgical
treatments in Kutaisi
National Medical Centre step-by-step becomes the post
graduate and continuing education centre for West Georgia. New generations of Georgian doctors
are trained here. More than 500 vacancies have been created here together with modern models
of managing human and material recourses. Modern medical technologies have been carried out to
the regions and implemented there. New model of internal hospital management has been created.
West Georgian National Centre of Interventional Medicine serves as a visit card of our country
for the rest of the world.
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