The Minister of Internally Displaced Persons, Labor, Health, and Social Welfare of Georgia, Mikheil Sarjveladze, met with the medical community and field specialists in Batumi to discuss the management of rare diseases.
The Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons, Labor, Health, and Social Welfare of Georgia shared the glimpses of the meeting on its Official Facebook Page on May 30, 2026. The Ministry also shared a small note about the meeting along with its glimpses.
Along with Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Parliament’s Committee on Health Protection and Social Affairs, Zaza Lominadze, Adjara’s Minister of Health, and Nino Nizharadze were also present.
The meeting emphasized the needs in the region and the prospects of strengthening services in the Batumi Republic Hospital, which will ensure the perfect delivery of necessary services to patients.
Mikheil Sarjveladze provided the attendees with detailed information about the new component of the state program, which offers full-time supervision to patients with rare neuromuscular diseases. These services are directly based on the involvement of the doctors and their recommendations, which are tailored to the needs of the patients. The program includes multidisciplinary services: consultations of a neurologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist, endocrinologist, orthopedist, gastroenterologist, and nutritional specialist. In addition, the program provides for once-a-year inpatient and twice-annual outpatient services, and all necessary clinical-laboratory and instrumental studies are 100% funded by the state.
The Georgian Health Minister emphasized that in order to improve the field systematically, the Ministry has been actively working on creating a rare disease registry, which is currently in its final stages.
Special attention was paid to the importance of the rehabilitation component in the meeting. The parties discussed how to refine this direction in Batumi so that patients can get the necessary services without leaving the region.
In the dialogue format, doctors reviewed modern methods of diagnosis and treatment, with particular emphasis on managing Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy.
Mikheil Sarjveladze noted that managing rare diseases requires a complex approach, close cooperation between government agencies and the medical community. According to the Minister, the Ministry is actively continuing to consult with experts in the field to jointly find the best, evidence-based solutions.
