Health Minister urges parents of children with achondroplasia to continue talks at working table

17:33, 01.05.2023

Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili on Monday urged the group of protesting parents of children with achondroplasia to continue the discussion over the introduction of the treatment methods “at the working table, in a constructive format.”

“It is very difficult to carry on the process, seeking to solve the issue, amid noise and tension,” he noted, emphasizing that “the Ministry’s door is open” as parents were encouraged to participate in the working group on this specific topic.

He went on to say that the groups have been debating the medicine Vosoritide, used to treat achondroplasia.

“We have never refused to treat this rare disease. Budgets were also never emphasized. Budget problems have never been observed. We expressed our willingness to include parents in the protocol creation group. From our end, there will be no delay or problem,” he underscored.

By - Marika Kartozia

Society

Achondroplasia

Health Minister

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