Tamar Gabunia says the Ministry will continue supporting Gomuri's health expenses
By Nika Gamtsemlidze
Friday, February 5
Mako Gomuri, the activist who lost one of her eyes as a result of the violence of the riot police on June 20-21 in 2019, said that her eye prosthesis broke about 3 weeks ago. As she wrote, she is now using the first one that she owned, however, it is very painful and harms her health.
Gomuri wrote about this on her personal Facebook page, saying that the last time she went abroad to see a doctor was before the 2020 parliament elections. She was supposed to have another appointment 3-5 months, however, as she says, she has not heard from the ministry regarding this.
According to the Deputy Health Minister of Georgia,Tamar Gabunia, the ministry will continue supporting Gomuri. As she said, Gomuri’s health is still very important to the ministry, and that the services will continue to be provided to her. According to Gabunia, the necessary expenses for this will be fully covered by the ministry.
Gabunia noted that the Ministry of Health is fully prepared and mobilized to ensure that Gomuri receives all the services and assistance needed for her well-being.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia Maia Tskitishvili, says that funding for the treatment of people who were injured during the dispersal of the rally on the night of June 20 will continue. “We had a course of treatment for Mako Gomuri. We helped Mako and other victims as well,” added Tskitishvili.
As Gomuri said, she was very angry after reading the statement of the Deputy PM. Gomuri said that she does not think that it is 'help' the government provides, rather- their responsibility.
As she said, she was recognized as a victim by the government, thus, they are responsible to take care of her health and treatment.
On June 20, 2019, a civil protest followed Gavrilov's arrival in Georgia and his taking the Speaker’s chair. The main demand was the resignation of the Speaker of the Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze, who signed the agenda of the Assembly. After a small part of the protesters voiced their intentions to enter the parliament, a confrontation took place between them and the police.
During the dispersal of the rally, many were injured. One of them was Mako Gomuri, who lost one of her eyes.
