Opening Ceremony of the Project for Provision of Mobile Intensive Care Unit in Telavi, Ambrolauri, Zugdidi and Ozurgeti Municipalities within the Grassroots Human Security Grant Program (GGP) Of the Embassy of Japan
Friday, January 29
On January 28, 2021, the Opening Ceremony of The Project for Provision of Mobile Intensive Care Unit in Telavi, Ambrolauri, Zugdidi and Ozurgeti Municipalities was held within the Grassroots Human Security Grant Program (GGP), funded by the Government of Japan, based on the goodwill of the Japanese people.
Mobile Intensive Care Units (so-called Reanomobiles) are designed to save lives of patients with severe medical conditions and enable to significantly decrease the waiting time for emergency patients, especially in the Covid-19 context, when the rising cases of hospitalization placed emergency healthcare system under immense pressure.
The Ceremony was attended by H.E. Mr. Imamura Akira, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Georgia, Deputy of Ambassador of Japan Mr. Masataka Obata, Deputy Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, Mr. Giorgi Tsotskolauri, Director of the Legal Entity Under Public Law Emergency Situations Coordination and Urgent Assistance Center – Mr. Aleksandre Kalandia together with the Deputy Directors.
Apart from the reanomobiles to assist the Government of Georgia to fight Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of Japan also decided to provide 3 million USD worth medical support as well as 2.5 million USD support using fund contributed by Japan through ADB. The Government of Japan is also helping Georgia’s vaccination efforts through COVAX facility established with WHO.
The grant amount for this project amounts to 290,500 USD. This project was a part of the Grassroots and Human Security Program (GGP) that provides assistance to relatively small projects implemented by municipalities, medical/educational institutions, as well as NGOs and aims at improving the living standards of Georgian people. Within 22 years of its work in Georgia - from 1998 to 2020, the GGP funded 180 projects, in total amounting to more than 19 million USD (19,055,657 USD).
