Clinics: Primary Healthcare Center in Tamariani
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The rural PHC centre is located in Tamariani village, Lagodekhi region, East Georgia at the border with Azerbaijan.
Tamariani community: 3,000 population in 3 adjacent villages in Lagodekhi region. The clinic started operating from November, 2002. The medical staff of the PHC center: Paediatrician, Therapist, Surgeon, Gynecologist, Laboratory doctor and two Nurses. Primary Health education sessions/on-site consultations arranged by Genesis for Tamariani PHC centre Nine educational Primary Health sessions/seminars on the most acute healthcare problems of the targeted populations have been arranged between the period 2000-2007. Free of charge medical consultations/examinations (200 patiens) were carried out during the Education seminars. 30 Health Educational brochures printed in 12.860 copies have been prepared and spread among the targeted Tamariani Community. These publications are spread in targeted community not only during the seminars and specialised medical consultations arranged by invited consultants, but also by all medical personnel of the PHC centre while providing medical consultations to their patients on a daily basis. There is a very high demand for the primary healthcare publications of Genesis among the community members. Many members have been coming back to collect extra copies for their neighbours who could not come themselves (especially for the old people and invalids).
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