Acting Chairman of Kutaisi City Council Irakli Shengelia together with Vice-Mayor of Kutaisi Davit Eremeishvili, Chairman of Health and Social Affairs Commission in the City Council Mamuka Rizhamadze, today got acquainted.

At the meeting, the parties discussed the situation in the clinic and the services offered by LJ & Company to the local population to fight the virus. The parties also talked about future cooperation plans and opportunities for methodological assistance to clinics in the region.

We would like to remind you that at the regional level, LJ & Company is the only medical institution where coronavirus test samples can be taken. This ability reduced the diagnosis of the virus from 24 hours to 7 hours. To date, 106 citizens have been tested, none of them COVID-19 confirmed. According to the company, the clinic is equipped with a modern research laboratory and a powerful resuscitation department, which is served by a team of experienced doctors-infectologists.

"Coronavirus is a challenge for the whole world and for Georgia, our main priority is to protect the health and safety of citizens. The local self-government of Kutaisi Municipality, on the one hand, is focused on taking preventive measures against the spread of the disease, and on the other hand, it is important that the multi-service medical providers and mono-profile service clinics be ready for all challenges. It should be noted that in the form of "LJ and Company", we have a powerful regional hospital, which is profiled in the field of infectious pathologies.

Today we got acquainted with the situation in the clinic, there is full mobilization and readiness for early detection, prevention and management of the disease, since the spread of the virus, 106 patients have been examined in the clinic. Fortunately, none of them were COVID-19 confirmed.

I would like to thank the director of the clinic, Mr. Temur Nadiradze and all the medical staff who take care of the health of the citizens 24 hours a day, all local medical institutions in the region will have the full support of the local self-government.