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Datablog | Drug prices as big a concern as COVID-19 for Georgians

by Avto Dolidze

•2 min read

While Georgia’s healthcare system has faced significant challenges as a result of the pandemic, just under half of Georgians consider an issue related to COVID-19 to be among the main challenges facing the country’s healthcare system with medicine prices remaining a big worry, polling suggests. In the December 2020 NDI and CRRC Georgia survey, respondents were asked what the largest issue facing the healthcare system was. They were allowed to name up to three issues. The most commonly named i

Doctors wearing homemade masks at a Kaspiysk Central City Hostpial located in Kaspiysk, Daghestan. Credit: Kaspiysk Central City Hospital Instagram account.

COVID-19

‘Critical shortages‘ of protective equipment reported in Daghestan’s hospitals

by OC Media

•4 min read

Medical personnel in Daghestan are claiming that there is a critical lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and that many of them are falling ill with COVID-19 as a result. ‘Our entire staff works wearing homemade masks. For the sake of appearances, they handed out 200 so-called “anti-plague” suits, full of holes […] and without even shoe covers.’ These are reportedly the words of Artur Muradaliyev, an anesthesiologist and resuscitation specialist at the Central City Hospital in

beslan

Ossetians endorse Chechen ‘Beslan’ surgeon for Nobel Prize

by OC Media

•2 min read

Chechen surgeon Khasan Baiyev has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, by well-known Ossetian blogger Bella Tsarakhova. Tsarakhova says that Baiyev is worthy of the award for his many years of work in medicine, in particular, in treating children affected by the Beslan school siege. During the 2004 terrorist attack, a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan was taken over by a group of mainly Chechen militants, demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. The Russia

Georgia

A quarter of Georgians took antidepressants or antibiotics without a prescription in 2016

by OC Media

•2 min read

One in four adults in Georgia reported taking either antidepressants or antibiotics without a doctor’s prescription in 2016, according to a new survey by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), conducted for Transparency International Georgia. ‘Surely, when a quarter of the population reports taking these types of drugs without the supervision of a physician, it represents a public health concern, one of many in Georgia. Current regulations clearly fail to prevent such practices’, CR

Chechnya

Chechen parents refuse polio vaccinations

by OC Media

•2 min read

Two audio recordings which recently went viral on the internet in Chechnya have caused a major stir in the community. In them, it was claimed that two boys fell seriously ill after receiving obligatory polio vaccinations. Many parents, whose children are subject to mandatory immunisations, spoke against the vaccination. Rumours that Chechen children are administered untested medicine instead of polio vaccines has only increased the number of parent speaking out against the vaccinations. T