Categories
Journalistic Survey
Articles
Reportage
Analitic
Photo Reportage
Exclusive
Interview
Foreign Media about Georgia
Editorial
Position
Reader's opinion
Blog
Themes
Children's Rights
Women's Rights
Justice
Refugees/IDPs
Minorities
Media
Army
Health
Corruption
Elections
Education
Penitentiary
Religion
Others

Criminal Prosecution Started Against Director of Sighnaghi District Hospital

September 17, 2009

Criminal prosecution started against Gogi Nikvashvili, director of the Sighnaghi district hospital. Doctors of the Tsnori family medical center blame Nikvashvili for appropriating medical equipment and other materials that were purchased with the financial support of the EU.

The Human Rights Center appealed to the Kakheti regional prosecutor’s office and requested to start investigation on the fact. According to the organization, “the building of the family medical center was reconstructed in the town of Tsnori in Sighnaghi district in 2007 with the financial support of the EU. The center was equipped with modern apparatus and other materials. However, the family medical center did not work for two years though it was to serve more than 6 000 residents of Tsnori. Gogi Nikvashvili, chief doctor of Sighnaghi district hospital, did not allow doctors to work in the center as it was verified by the explanation letters of the doctors. According to them, Nikvashvili told them several times to break into the building if they wanted to work there. Several days ago, the doctors managed to enter the medical center with the support of special commission. They discovered that expensive medical equipment and other medical materials were stolen.”

Gogi Nikvashvili denies to have stolen the family medical center. However, it must be pointed out that after the Human Rights Center got interested in the fact, Nikvashvili returned cardiograph apparatus and glucose-meter to the medical center with the support of the lab assistant of the Sighnaghi district hospital. Other equipment and medical materials were not discovered yet.

Source: Kakheti News Center

See on the same topic:

The Human Rights Center Requests Criminal Prosecution against Director of Sighnaghi Hospital 

News